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George Washington | a frightful despotism

“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns…

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Mind control isn’t hard to understand

“Mind control isn’t hard to understand. If you do what the TV says, the TV is controlling your mind and you’re not. 2 billion people just pushed an experimental medicine under their skin, which was never healthy, simply because the TV told them to. That’s mind control.” Unknown | (probably Jason Christoff) “Gedankenkontrolle ist nicht schwer zu verstehen. Wenn du das tust, was das Fernsehen sagt, dann kontrolliert das Fernsehen deinen Geist – und nicht du. Zwei Milliarden Menschen haben sich eine experimentelle Medizin unter die Haut spritzen lassen, die…

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Friedrich August von Hayek | voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant

“Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one’s government is not necessarily to secure freedom.” Friedrich August von Hayek “Vielleicht hat die Tatsache, dass wir erlebt haben, wie sich Millionen von Menschen durch Wahlen in die völlige Abhängigkeit von einem Tyrannen begeben haben, unserer Generation klargemacht, dass die Wahl der eigenen Regierung nicht unbedingt die Freiheit sichert.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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G. Edward Griffin | They’ve been programmed

“They’ve been programmed and I’m sad because I know that it’s hard for people like that to take an interest – serious interest in world affairs – taken serious interest in what their elected officials are doing and they’re not going to be really inclined to study and or discover the deception that’s being used against them and so I’m sad because I I see all of that in the flash in my mind as being an indication of how easy it is for the masses to be manipulated” G….

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George Bernard Shaw | Every faltering regime

“Every faltering regime has tried to bind its subjects by war as a last resort.” George Bernard Shaw (Allegedly) “Jedes schwankende Regime hat bisher versucht, als letzten Ausweg seine Untertanen durch einen Krieg an sich zu fesseln.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Martha Gellhorn | to keep any control over our world and lives

“People often say, with pride, ‘I’m not interested in politics.’ They might as well say, ‘I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future or any future.’ … If we mean to keep any control over our world and lives, we must be interested in politics.” Martha Gellhorn “Die Menschen sagen oft mit Stolz: “Ich interessiere mich nicht für Politik”. Sie könnten genauso gut sagen: ‘Ich interessiere mich nicht für meinen Lebensstandard, meine Gesundheit, meinen Arbeitsplatz, meine Rechte, meine Freiheiten, meine…

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Bernard Edouard Harcourt | The eternal recurrence of new forms of unbearable servitude

“The eternal recurrence of new forms of unbearable servitude, and with them, new forms of resistance, demonstrates that human history is not a progressive march toward absolute knowledge, the demise of the state, or the end of history, but rather a constant struggle for our own subjugation, a battle that must be fought anew to establish our subjectivity, ourselves as subjects. Once we grasp the recurring nature of this struggle, only then will we recognize the task that confronts us today and in the future: to resist the ever-pressing forms…

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Nick Cohen | Compulsive liars shouldn’t frighten you

“Compulsive liars shouldn’t frighten you. They can harm no one, if no one listens to them. Compulsive believers, on the other hand: they should terrify you. Believers are the liars’ enablers. Their votes give the demagogue his power. Their trust turns the charlatan into the president. Their credulity ensures that the propaganda of half-calculating and half-mad fanatics has the power to change the world.” Nick Cohen | is a British journalist. “Zwanghafte Lügner sollten Ihnen keine Angst einjagen. Sie können niemandem schaden, wenn niemand auf sie hört. Zwanghafte Gläubige hingegen…

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Roland Baader | We have the entire political elite against us

“We have the entire political elite against us. […] The development will be a bad one. […] I see nothing good, nothing good at all, I see no approach anywhere. The problems have been dealt with by the same means that created the problems in the first place. […] We will get more and more socialism, new kinds of socialism, new kinds of fascism. In any case, more totalitarianism, less freedom and an overall radicalization. We will also experience riots, we will have unrest and explosive growths in crime.” Roland…

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George Orwell | Who controls the past controls the future

“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past” George Orwell “Wer die Vergangenheit kontrolliert, kontrolliert die Zukunft. Wer die Gegenwart kontrolliert, kontrolliert die Vergangenheit.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Leo Tolstoi | The power of government rests on the ignorance of the people

“The power of government rests on the ignorance of the people, and it knows this and therefore will always fight against enlightenment.” Leo Tolstoi “Die Macht der Regierung beruht auf der Unwissenheit des Volkes, und sie weiß das und wird deshalb immer gegen die Aufklärung kämpfen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Milosz Matuschek | Permanent Toxic Rape of Consciousness

“Almost a hundred years ago, the philosopher John Dewey said that we are living in the greatest flood of mass suggestion that mankind has ever seen. But in 100 years, the superlative has only swelled, albeit without this being publicized today. Edward Bernays called propaganda the “executive arm of the invisible government”. And he recognized that propaganda is to democracies what violence is to dictators. Perhaps that would be a contemporary definition of propaganda: it is a Permanent Toxic Rape of Consciousness, or PTRC for short. It is a permanent…

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Reginald McKenna | I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told

“I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people.” Reginald McKenna | British Finance Minister(1863-1943) “Ich fürchte, der normale Bürger wird es nicht gerne hören, dass die Banken Geld schaffen und vernichten können. Und sie, die den Kredit einer Nation kontrollieren, lenken die Politik der Regierungen und halten in…

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Harold Wallace Rosenthal | Our power has been created through the manipulation of the national monetary system

“Our power has been created through the manipulation of the national monetary system.. The Federal Reserve system fitted our plan nicely since it is owned by us, but the name implies that it is a government institution. From the very outset, our purpose was to confiscate all the gold and silver, replacing them with worthless non- redeemable papen notes… We Jews have put issue upon issue to the American people. Then we promote both sides of the issue as confusion reigns. With their eyes fixed on the issues, they fail…

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Emma Goldman | Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind

“Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. It stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals…” Emma Goldman | Anarchism and Others Essay “Der Anarchismus steht für die Befreiung des menschlichen Geistes von der Herrschaft der Religion und die Befreiung des menschlichen Körpers vom Zwang des Eigentums; die Befreiung von den Fesseln und Zwängen der Regierung. Er steht für eine…

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Dr. Angela Merkel | Almost all of these decisions were made against the majority of Germans

“Almost all of these decisions were made against the majority of Germans. In many cases, the Germans’ attitude has only changed in retrospect. I also think it is reasonable for the population to first look at the result of a measure and then form a judgment about it. I believe this is an expression of the primacy of politics. And that should be upheld.” Dr. Angela Merkel | for the presentation of the Allensbach yearbook of the demoscopy “The Berlin Republic” on March 3, 2010 in Berlin “Fast alle diese…

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Frederick B Hodges | everything we have is for our benefit

“The reason we have troops overseas in Germany is not to protect Germans, everything we have is for our benefit.” Frederick Benjamin „Ben“ Hodges ist ein Generalleutnant a. D. der United States Army. “Der Grund, warum wir Truppen in Übersee haben, ist nicht, um die Deutschen zu schützen, alles, was wir haben, ist zu unserem Vorteil.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Alice Cooper | I don’t like to mix politics and rock ‘n’ roll

“I don’t like to mix politics and rock ‘n’ roll, i don’t look at Bono, Sting and Bruce Springsteen as political. I look at them as being humanitarian. I’ll contribute to anything humanitarian. Helping people who can’t help themselves. But when musicians are telling people who to vote for, I think that’s an abuse of power. You’re telling your fans not to think for themselves, just to think like you. Rock ‘n’ roll is about freedom — and that’s not freedom.” Alice Cooper “Ich mag es nicht, Politik und Rock…

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Benedikt Lux | We replaced the entire leadership of almost all of Berlin’s security

“Measured against what had gone before, we achieved a huge success. We replaced the entire leadership of almost all of Berlin’s security agencies and brought in some pretty good people. In the fire department, the police, the public prosecutor’s office and also the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. I very much hope that this will have a noticeable effect in the future.” Benedikt Lux “Gemessen an dem, was vorher gelaufen ist, haben wir einen Riesenerfolg erzielt. Wir haben die gesamte Führung fast aller Berliner Sicherheitsbehörden ausgetauscht und dort…

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Aristoteles | It is also in the interests of the tyrant

“It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor… the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting.” Aristoteles “Es liegt im Interesse des Tyrannen, seine Untertanen arm zu machen… dann sind sie so sehr mit ihren täglichen Aufgaben beschäftigt, dass sie keine Zeit haben, Pläne zu schmieden.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert | Anyone who actually feels the need to get their hands on the levers of power

“Anyone who actually feels the need to get their hands on the levers of power in order to control other people, to tell them what to do, to scare them, is mentally disturbed.” Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert | The traumatized society! Prof. Dr. Franz Ruppert in conversation (1:16:50) “Wer tatsächlich das Bedürfnis danach verspürt, an die Schalthebel der Macht zu kommen, um andere Menschen zu kontrollieren, ihnen Vorschriften zu machen, ihnen Angst einzujagen, der ist psychisch gestört.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Prof. Rainer Mausfeld | The public debating chamber is at the heart of democracy

“The public debating chamber is at the heart of democracy. However, it can only fulfill its function if it is intact in the sense you mentioned. Since the media constitute the public debate space in the first place, they must be designed in such a way that they do not distort it in favor of powerful interest groups. By their very nature, corporate media cannot perform such a task, as their integration into economic power structures almost inevitably makes them an instrument with which powerful economic lobby groups can covertly…

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George Orwell | abolition of private property

“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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George Carlin | Politicians

“Now, there’s one thing you might have noticed I don’t complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our…

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

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

“… 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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Emma Goldman | do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have?

“Men and women … do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in order to sustain the ruling class, your masters. Like naïve children you put your trust in your political leaders. You make it possible for them to creep into your confidence, only to have them betray you to the first bidder. But even where there is no direct betrayal, the labour politicians make common cause with your enemies to keep you in leash, to prevent your…

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Alexis de Tocqueville | democracy | Tyranny | despotism

“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…