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Vladimir Lenin | Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed?

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“Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government?” Vladimir Lenin “Warum sollte die Rede- und Pressefreiheit erlaubt sein? Warum sollte eine Regierung, die tut, was sie für richtig hält, zulassen, dass sie kritisiert…

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Adam Weishaupt | The hankering of the mind is irresistible

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“Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?. Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.” Adam Weishaupt “Oh sterblicher Mensch, gibt es irgendetwas, das man dir nicht glauben machen kann? Von allen Mitteln, die ich kenne, um die Menschen zu leiten, ist das wirksamste ein verborgenes Geheimnis: Das Verlangen des Geistes ist unwiderstehlich.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Baron Arthur Ponsonby | 10 principles of war propaganda

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10 principles of war propaganda We didn’t want this war. The enemy is responsible for this war. The enemy’s leader is the devil. We’re fighting for a good cause. The enemy is using forbidden weapons. Horrible acts committed by the enemy are intentional; ours are accidental. Our casualties are minor; those of the enemy are significant. Artists and intellectuals support our cause. Our cause is holy/righteous. If you question (1)-(9), you are a traitor. Baron Arthur Ponsonby Wir wollen den Krieg nicht Das gegnerische Lager trägt die Verantwortung Der Führer…

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Charles H. Spurgeon | Es wird eine Zeit kommen

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“A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.” Charles H. Spurgeon “Es wird eine Zeit kommen, in der die Kirche keine Hirten mehr hat, die die Schafe füttern, sondern Clowns, die die Ziegen unterhalten.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Ray Comfort | Atheists don’t hate fairies, leprechauns, or unicorns because they don’t exist

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“Atheists don’t hate fairies, leprechauns, or unicorns because they don’t exist. It is impossible to hate something that doesn’t exist. Atheists — like the painting experts hated the painter — hate God because He does exist.” Ray Comfort, You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can’t Make Him Think: Answers to Questions from Angry Skeptics “Atheisten hassen keine Feen, Kobolde oder Einhörner, weil es sie nicht gibt. Es ist unmöglich, etwas zu hassen, das nicht existiert. Atheisten hassen Gott – so wie die Gemäldeexperten den Maler hassten -,…

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Frantz Fanon | Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong

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“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn’t fit in with the core belief.” Frantz Fanon “Manchmal hegen Menschen einen tief verwurzelten Glauben. Wenn ihnen Beweise vorgelegt werden, die gegen diesen Glauben sprechen, können sie die neuen Beweise…

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Franz von Holtzendorff | The highest conceivable degree of lying is reached

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“The highest conceivable degree of lying is reached when judgment between truth and falsehood ceases and the liar believes his own lie and is indignant that others place doubt in his words.” Franz von Holtzendorff “Der denkbar höchste Grad der Lüge ist dann erreicht, wenn das Urteilsvermögen zwischen Wahrheit und Falschheit aufhört und der Lügende seiner eigenen Lüge glaubt und sich darüber entrüstet, daß andere in seine Worte Zweifel setzen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Franz von Holtzendorff | The worst and most dangerous slavery

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“The worst and most dangerous slavery is that which people no longer feel because they have become accustomed to it.” Franz von Holtzendorff “Die schlimmste und gefährlichste Sklaverei ist diejenige, welche von den Menschen deswegen nicht mehr gefühlt wird, weil sie sich daran gewöhnt haben.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Avro Manhattan | No political event or circumstance can be evaluated

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“No political event or circumstance can be evaluated without the knowledge of The Vatican’s part in it. And no significant world situation exists in which The Vatican does not play an important explicit or implicit role.” Avro Manhattan | English historian, 1960 The Vatican and World Politics). “Kein politisches Ereignis oder Umstand kann bewertet werden, ohne dass der Vatikan daran beteiligt ist. Und es gibt keine bedeutende Weltsituation, in der der Vatikan keine wichtige explizite oder implizite Rolle spielt. ” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Yuval Noah Harari | it would be very tempting, and easy, to toss you overboard

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“Your future depends on the goodwill of a small elite. Maybe there is goodwill for a few decades. But in a time of crisis – like climate catastrophe – it would be very tempting, and easy, to toss you overboard.” Yuval Noah Harari | „21 Lessons for the 21st Century” exciting perspectives on history and possible future developments. “Die Zukunft der Massen wird somit vom guten Willen einer kleinen Elite abhängen. Vielleicht besteht dieser gute Wille ein paar Jahrzehnte lang. Doch im Falle einer Krise – etwa einer Klimakatastrophe –…

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Mark Passio | The more moral a population is, the freer it becomes

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“The more moral a population is, the freer it becomes. The more immoral a population is, the deeper into bondage and slavery it goes. Another way of saying this is to say that the presence of truth and morality in the lives of the people of any given society is always inversely proportional to the presence of tyranny and slavery in that society. The more truth and morality there is, the less tyranny and slavery there is. The less truth and morality there is, the more tyranny and slavery there…

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Dave Chappelle | Being “awake” isn’t cool

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“Being “awake” isn’t cool. It means having to dumb down 98% of your conversations every day so you don’t sound like a lunatic.” Dave Chappelle | US-amerikanischen Comedian “Erwacht zu sein ist nicht cool. Es bedeutet, dass man jeden Tag 98% seiner Unterhaltungen verdummen muss, damit man nicht wie ein Verrückter klingt.” Dieses Zitat stammt von dem US-amerikanischen Comedian Dave Chappelle: “Being “awake” isn’t cool. It means having to dumb down 98% of your conversations every day so you don’t sound like a lunatic.” Es stammt aus Chappelles Comedy Special…

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Thomas Paine | A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong

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“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.” Thomas Paine | Common Sense “Eine lange Angewohnheit, eine Sache nicht für falsch zu halten, gibt ihr den oberflächlichen Anschein, richtig zu sein, und erhebt zunächst einen gewaltigen Aufschrei zur Verteidigung der Gewohnheit. Aber der Aufruhr legt sich bald wieder. Die Zeit macht mehr Bekehrte als die Vernunft.” Nützliche und hilfreiche…

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Voltaire | throw stones at those who are showing a new road

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“Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.” Voltaire | Philosophical Dictionary “Unsere miserable Spezies ist so gestaltet, dass diejenigen, die auf dem ausgetretenen Pfad gehen, immer Steine auf diejenigen werfen, die einen neuen Weg zeigen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Plato | Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture

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“Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.” Plato “Diejenigen, die über die Schatten und Lügen ihrer Kultur hinausblicken können, werden von der Masse niemals verstanden, geschweige denn geglaubt.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Alexis de Tocqueville | democracy | Tyranny | despotism

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“Tyranny in democratic republics does not proceed in the same way, however. It ignores the body and goes straight for the soul. The master no longer says: You will think as I do or die. He says: You are free not to think as I do. You may keep your life, your property, and everything else. But from this day forth you shall be as a stranger among us. You will retain your civic privileges, but they will be of no use to you. For if you seek the votes…

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Lenin | The highest art of war

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“The highest art of war is to avoid military engagements altogether and defeat the enemy by destroying his moral principles, his religion, his culture and his traditions. When a country has been demoralized in that way it can be taken over without a single shot being fired.” Vladimir Iljitsch Lenin “Die höchste Kunst des Krieges ist, militärische Auseinandersetzungen völlig zu vermeiden und stattdessen den Feind dadurch zu besiegen, dass man seine moralischen Prinzipien, seine Religion, seine Kultur und seine Traditionen zerstört.Wenn ein Land so demoralisiert ist, kann man es übernehmen,…

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Aldous Huxley | … the greater part of the population is not very intelligent

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“… the greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.” Aldous Huxley “Der größte Teil der Bevölkerung ist nicht besonders intelligent, fürchtet die Verantwortung und wünscht nichts sehnlicher, als dass man ihm sagt, was er zu tun hat. Solange die Herrschenden nicht in ihre materiellen Bequemlichkeiten und ihre liebgewonnenen Überzeugungen eingreifen, lässt sie…

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Wolfgang Reinhard | But it is the central ritual of the democratic theater state

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“Politicians who want to stay in power have to keep the voters happy, even though the election itself is only symbolic. But it is the central ritual of the democratic theater state. After all, it is no longer about substantive decisions, but only about the confirmation or replacement of political figureheads, who are legitimized by the fact that citizens are allowed to perform this ritual. This symbolically reinforces the fiction of popular sovereignty on which modern constitutional states are founded. In this way, and not through substantive decisions, elections contribute…

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George Orwell | abolition of private property

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“After the revolutionary period of the fifties and sixties, society regrouped itself, as always, into High, Middle, and Low. But the new High group, unlike all its forerunners, did not act upon instinct but knew what was needed to safeguard its position. It had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism. Wealth and privilege are most easily defended when they are possessed jointly. The so-called ’abolition of private property’ which took place in the middle years of the century meant, in effect, the concentration of…

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Bill Maher | If kids knew what they wanted to be at age eight

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“If kids knew what they wanted to be at age eight, the world would be filled with cowboys and princesses. I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God nobody took me seriously and scheduled me for eye removal and peg leg surgery.” Bill Maher “Wenn Kinder mit 8 Jahren wüssten, was sie werden wollen, wäre die Welt voller Cowboys und Prinzess innen. Ich wollte ein Pirat sein. Gott sei Dank hat das niemand ernst genommen und mich operiert, um ein Auge zu entfernen und ein Holzbein einzusetzen” Nützliche und hilfreiche…

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Prof. Stephen Schneider | to capture the public’s imagination…

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“We need to get some broad based support, to capture the public’s imagination… So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements and make little mention of any doubts… Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest” Prof. Stephen Schneider | Stanford Professor of Climatology, lead author of many IPCC reports. “Wir brauchen eine breite Unterstützung, um die Phantasie der Öffentlichkeit zu beflügeln… Also müssen wir Schreckensszenarien anbieten, vereinfachte, dramatische Aussagen machen und Zweifel kaum erwähnen… Jeder von…

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Thích Nhất Hạnh | In order to rally people, governments need enemies

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“In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.” Thích Nhất Hạnh “Um die Menschen zu mobilisieren, brauchen Regierungen Feinde. Sie wollen, dass wir Angst haben, dass wir hassen, damit wir uns hinter ihnen versammeln. Und wenn sie keinen wirklichen Feind haben, werden sie einen erfinden, um uns zu mobilisieren.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Michael Wendler | We are living at the peak of the time of the false world

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“We are living at the peak of the time of the false world. That’s why being real gets you shunned. Why speaking truth gets you scorned and banned. Society is at the tipping point of the height of illussion. It takes serious courage to be real right now. Please be brave!” Michael Wendler | (Supposedly | Telegram post) “Wir leben auf dem Höhepunkt der Zeit in einer falschen Welt. Deshalb wird man gemieden, wenn man echt ist. Deshalb wird man, wenn man die Wahrheit sagt, verachtet und verbannt. Die Gesellschaft…

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Florian Willet | sad human truth

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“One cause is rooted in the sad human truth that ‘slaves’ usually dream less of what it would be like to be free than of what it would be like to be ‘slave overseers'” Dr. Dr. Florian Willet | (is a German commercial lawyer, economist, communication psychologist and author.) “Eine Ursache liegt in der traurigen menschlichen Wahrheit begründet, dass ‘Sklaven’ üblicherweise weniger davon träumen, wie es wäre frei zu sein, als davon, wie es wäre ‘Sklavenaufseher’ zu sein” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…