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Theconsciousandintelligentmanipulationoftheorganizedhabitsandopinionsofthemassesisanimportantelementindemocraticsociety.Thosewhomanipulatethisunseenmechanismofsocietyconstituteaninvisiblegovernmentwhichisthetruerulingpowerofourcountry.
Wearegoverned,ourmindsmolded,ourtastesformed,ourideassuggested,largelybymenwehaveneverheardof.Thisisalogicalresultofthewayinwhichourdemocraticsocietyiso...[閱讀全文]
Human Stupidity Is Infinite
Need a place to put some random thoughts together and cook some crap out of it
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(2011-04-06 17:40:31)
(2011-04-05 16:04:19)
In1988,JosephTainterwroteachillingbookcalledTheCollapseofComplexSocieties
Theanswerhearrivedatwasthattheyhadn'tcollapseddespitetheirculturalsophistication,they'dcollapsedbecauseofit.
agroupofpeople,throughacombinationofsocialorganizationandenvironmentalluck,findsitselfwithasurplusofresources.Managingthissurplusmakessocie...[閱讀全文]
Theanswerhearrivedatwasthattheyhadn'tcollapseddespitetheirculturalsophistication,they'dcollapsedbecauseofit.
agroupofpeople,throughacombinationofsocialorganizationandenvironmentalluck,findsitselfwithasurplusofresources.Managingthissurplusmakessocie...[閱讀全文]
(2011-01-05 16:38:17)
Wheneverdestroyersappearamongmen,theystartbydestroyingmoney,formoneyismen'sprotectionandthebaseofamoralexistence.Destroyersseizegoldandleavetoitsownersacounterfeitpileofpaper.Thiskillsallobjectivestandardsanddeliversmenintothearbitrarypowerofanarbitrarysetterofvalues.Goldwasanobjectivevalue,anequivalentofwealthproduced.Paperisamortgageonwealththatdoesnotexist,backedbyagunaimedatthosewhoareexpect...[閱讀全文]
