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James Dresden | Die ideale Tyrannei

“Die ideale Tyrannei ist die, die ignorant von seinen Opfern selbstverwaltet wird. Die perfektesten Sklaven sind deshalb die, die sich glückselig und unbewusst versklaven lassen.” James Dresden (Niemand scheint die Quelle dieses Zitats zu kennen. Bei Dresden James handelt es sich vermutlich um Donald James Wheal, einen britischen Fernsehautor, Romanautor und Sachbuchautor.) “The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links Dieses Zitat wird Dresden James zugeschrieben. Das vollständige Zitat…

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Donald Trump | The existence of evil

“The existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law-abiding citizens who know how to use their weapon, the existence of evil is one of the very best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens.” Donald John Trump (ist ein US-amerikanischer Unternehmer, Entertainer und Politiker. Er war von 2017 bis 2021 der 45. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten.) “Die Existenz des Bösen in unserer Welt ist kein Grund, gesetzestreue Bürger zu entwaffnen, die Existenz des Bösen ist einer der besten Gründe, gesetzestreue Bürger zu bewaffnen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Jack Posobiec | homogenized consumer class of worker drones

“You’re going to be a homogenized consumer class of worker drones in order for them to establish Elysium, and this is also where … the metaverse comes in. Transhumanism, this is your bread and circuses now. It’s virtual bread and circuses to distract you from the suffering that goes on all around you.” Jack Posobiec | Eat Bugs, Live In Your Pod, Own Nothing and Be Happy: Wilsonian Thought Has Long Been Shaping Citizens into Serfs “Ihr werdet eine homogenisierte Konsumentenklasse von Arbeitsdrohnen sein, damit sie Elysium errichten können, und…

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Carl Sagan on the importance of science education

“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don’t know anything about it? … Science is more than a body of knowledge, it’s a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical…

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Aldous Huxley | The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of democracy

“The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of democracy, a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not dream of escape. A system of slavery where, through consumption and entertainment, slaves would love their servitude.” Aldous Huxley (Is doubted and is probably a quote from the „European Graduate School“ see here “Die perfekte Diktatur wird den Anschein einer Demokratie machen, einem Gefängnis ohne Mauern, in dem die Gefangenen nicht einmal davon träumen auszubrechen. Es ist ein System der Sklaverei, bei dem die Sklaven dank Konsum und Unterhaltung ihre Liebe…

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George Orwell | To keep them in control was not difficult

“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern…Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.” George Orwell, 1984 “Solange sie (die Proleten)…

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Vilfredo Pareto | All governments use force

“All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an oligarchy that governs, finding ways to give to’the will of the people’the expression which the few desire.” Vilfredo Pareto (Quoted in Arthur Livingstone | The Mind and Society 1935) “Alle Regierungen wenden Gewalt an, und alle behaupten, dass sie auf Vernunft gegründet sind. Unabhängig davon, ob es ein allgemeines Wahlrecht gibt oder nicht, ist es in Wirklichkeit immer eine Oligarchie, die regiert und Wege findet,…

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Adolf Hitler | To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens

“To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.” Adolf Hitler “Um eine Nation zu erobern, muss man zunächst ihre Bürger entwaffnen” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links Baseballstar verteidigt amerikanische Waffengesetze mit Hitler-Zitat…

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Thomas Sowell | Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant

“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. Even countries that were once more prosperous than their neighbors have found themselves much poorer than their neighbors after just one generation of socialistic policies.” Thomas Sowell “Der Sozialismus im Allgemeinen hat eine so eklatante Versagensbilanz, dass nur ein Intellektueller sie ignorieren oder umgehen kann. Selbst Länder, die einst wohlhabender waren als ihre Nachbarn, sind nach nur einer Generation sozialistischer Politik viel ärmer als ihre Nachbarn.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Marshall McLuhan | The ad teams have billions to spend annually on research

“No group of sociologists can approximate the ad teams in the gathering and processing of exploitable social data. The ad teams have billions to spend annually on research and testing of reactions, and their products are magnificent accumulations of material about the shared experience and feelings of the entire community.” Marshall McLuhan Philosoph, The Extensions of Man “Keine Gruppe von Soziologen kann den Werbe-Teams bei der Erfassung und Verarbeitung von auswertbaren sozialen Daten annähernd die Stange halten. Die Werbeabteilungen können jährlich Milliarden für Forschung und Tests von Reaktionen ausgeben, und…

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Marshall McLuhan | manage the public’s perception of a subject

“Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public’s perception of a subject. The subjects of publicity include people (for example, politicians and performing artists), goods and services, organizations of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment.” Marshall McLuhan | Philosoph, The Extensions of Man “Öffentlichkeitsarbeit ist der bewusste Versuch, die öffentliche Wahrnehmung eines Themas zu steuern. Zu den Subjekten der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit gehören Menschen (z.B. Politiker und darstellende Künstler), Waren und Dienstleistungen, Organisationen aller Art sowie Kunst- und Unterhaltungswerke.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Hannah Arendt | those who choose the lesser evil

“In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose evil.[….] Acceptance of the lesser evil is deliberately used to accustom officials, as well as the population at large, to accept the evil itself.” Hannah Arendt “Bei ihrer moralischen…

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Stephen C. Perkins | psychological warfare, economic and political transformation

“The cavalier expression of such sentiments, the resurrection of a dormant specter from the crypt of America’s “cold war” with the former Soviet Union, is meant purely to foster the viral spread of collective apprehension in the fragile heart of the population which, over the centuries, has proved to be the Jesuit order’s most effective tool in the execution of psychological warfare, economic and political transformation (AKA order out of chaos), and social behavioral modification. Turns out, the looming threat of annihilation at the hands of “nuclear weapons” or viral…

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Albert Pike | We always give the public their heroes

“We always give the public their heroes. We give the heroes to every faction, and then people once they hear this person say all the right things, we give releases to them because he or she speaks for ‘me’. We say go there go do that and they do it. We give our power to the authorized heroes.” Albert Pike, (the Pope of Freemasonry in the 1800’s) “Wir geben der Öffentlichkeit immer ihre Helden. Wir geben jeder Fraktion, jeder Seite ihre Helden und wenn die Leute dann hören, dass diese…

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Jessica Hamed | no longer be able to trust Germany’s highest

“One of the most significant moments for me in my professional career, apart from being sworn in as an attorney, was signing my first – also successful – constitutional complaint. It pains me to no longer be able to trust Germany’s highest court in a fundamental way.” Jessica Hamed (ist Fachanwältin für Strafrecht und Dozentin an der Hochschule Mainz.) “Einer meiner für mich bedeutsamsten Momente in meiner Berufslaufbahn war neben der Vereidigung zur Rechtsanwältin das Unterzeichnen meiner ersten – auch erfolgreichen – Verfassungsbeschwerde. Mich schmerzt, dem höchsten Gericht Deutschlands in…

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Edward Bernays | Our invisible governors

“Our invisible governors are, in many cases, unaware of the identity of their fellow members in the inner cabinet.” Edward Bernays “Unsere unsichtbaren Regierenden sind sich in vielen Fällen der Identität ihrer Kollegen im inneren Kabinett nicht bewusst.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Ludwig Erhard | Inflation does not come upon us as a curse or as a tragic fate

“Inflation does not come upon us as a curse or as a tragic fate; it is always caused by reckless or even criminal policies.” Ludwig Erhard, 1957 “Die Inflation kommt nicht über uns als ein Fluch oder als ein tragisches Geschick; sie wird immer durch eine leichtfertige oder sogar verbrecherische Politik hervorgerufen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Walter Ulbricht | it must look democratic

“it must look democratic but we must control everything” Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (Anfang Mai 1945, zitiert in: Wolfgang Leonhard: Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder (1955)) “Es muß demokratisch aussehen, aber wir müssen alles in der Hand haben.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Aldous Huxley | Impersonal forces over which we have almost no control

“Impersonal forces over which we have almost no control seem to be pushing us all in the direction of the Brave New Worldian nightmare; and this impersonal pushing is being consciously accelerated by representatives of commercial and political organizations who have developed a number of new techniques for manipulating, in the interest of some minority, the thoughts and feelings of the masses.” Aldous Huxley, Preface to A Brave New World “Unpersönliche Kräfte, über die wir fast keine Kontrolle haben, scheinen uns alle in Richtung des Albtraums der Schönen Neuen Welt…

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Mahatma Gandhi | The state represents violence

“The state represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The individual has a soul, but as the state is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.” Mahatma Gandhi “Der Staat repräsentiert Gewalt in einer intensivierten und organisierten Form. Das Individuum hat eine Seele, aber der Staat, der eine Maschine ohne Seele ist, kann von Gewalt nicht befreit werden, da er ihm seine Existenz verdankt.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Milton Friedman | Every friend of freedom

“Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.” Milton Friedman “Jeder Freund der Freiheit muss genauso empört sein wie ich über die Aussicht, die Vereinigten Staaten in ein bewaffnetes Lager zu verwandeln, über die Vision von Gefängnissen, die mit gelegentlichen Drogenkonsumenten gefüllt sind, und von einer Armee von Vollstreckern,…

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Vladimir Lenin | While the State exists, there can be no freedom

“While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State.” Vladimir Lenin, Estado y revolución “Solange es den Staat gibt, kann es keine Freiheit geben. Wenn es Freiheit gibt, wird es keinen Staat geben.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Steve Jacobson | Political and economic power

“Political and economic power in the United States is concentrated in the hands of a “ruling elite” that controls most of U.S.-based multinational corporations, major communication media, the most influential foundations, major private universities and most public utilities. Founded in 1921, the Council of Foreign Relations is the key link between the large corporations and the federal government. It has been called a “school for statesmen” and “comes close to being an organ of what C. Wright Mills has called the Power Elite – a group of men, similar in…

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Walter Lippmann | The process by which public opinions arise

“That the manufacture of consent is capable of great refinements no one, I think, denies. The process by which public opinions arise is certainly no less intricate than it has appeared in these pages, and the opportunities for manipulation open to anyone who understands the process are plain enough. . . . as a result of psychological research, coupled with the modern means of communication, the practice of democracy has turned a corner. A revolution is taking place, infinitely more significant than any shifting of economic power. . . ….

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Jacques Ellul | propaganda refines its techniques.

“It is with knowledge of the human being, his tendencies, his desires, his needs, his psychic mechanisms, his automatisms as well as knowledge of social psychology and analytical psychology that propaganda refines its techniques.” Jacques Ellul (war ein französischer Soziologe und Theologe.) “Mit der Kenntnis des Menschen, seiner Neigungen, seiner Wünsche, seiner Bedürfnisse, seiner psychischen Mechanismen, seiner Automatismen sowie mit der Kenntnis der Sozialpsychologie und der analytischen Psychologie verfeinert die Propaganda ihre Techniken.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Tony Cartalucci | Your Real Government

“These organizations represent the collective interests of the largest corporations on earth. They not only retain armies of policy wonks and researchers to articulate their agenda and form a consensus internally, but also use their massive accumulation of unwarranted influence in media, industry, and finance to manufacture a self-serving consensus internationally. To believe that this corporate-financier oligarchy would subject their agenda and fate to the whims of the voting masses is naive at best. They have painstakingly ensured that no matter who gets into office, in whatever country, the guns,…

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Jacques Ellul | It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale

“It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale. The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment. Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.” Jacques Ellul war ein französischer Soziologe und Theologe. “Durch die Massenmedien kann Propaganda auf die gesamte Gesellschaft angewendet werden. Das Zusammenspiel von Presse, Radio und Fernsehen…

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Prof. Rainer Mausfeld | the illusion of democracy

“But what could make democracy attractive to the powerful, whose very power it limits and threatens? The answer is quite simple: Nothing! For democracy means precisely to restrict the power needs of the powerful and the rich, in which they naturally have no interest. This now results in a tension between the needs of the rulers to stabilize their status and our need to feel socially autonomous and self-determined with regard to our social situation. In history, this fundamental tension has often been discharged in the form of revolutions. From…

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Noam Chomsky | Voting is not an option

“It’s about what you would expect from a bipartisan democracy campaign — it’s an attempt to impose what is called democracy, meaning rule by the rich and the powerful, without interference by the mob but within the framework of formal electoral procedures.” Noam Chomsky in 1993 regarding NED: Voting is not an option “Es ist in etwa, was man von einem zweiparteilichen demokratischen Wahlkampf erwartet – es ist ein Versuch, das aufzuzwingen, was formell Demokratie genannt wird, d.h. Herrschaft durch die Reichen und Mächtigen, ohne eigentliche Einflussnahme durch die breite…