Existential This!
The constant messaging of threats – “It creates a state of utter helplessness, a state in which you are far more pliant.”
The constant messaging of threats – “It creates a state of utter helplessness, a state in which you are far more pliant.”
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.
There’s a project afoot pre-election 2024. Maoist in nature, it’s formula – unity, criticism, unity – is being used to transform the faithful into having “correct” political opinions.
Who’s nudging me? Who’s arranging my choices? Who’s engineering my “choice architecture” and by what values?
C.S. Lewis tried to warn us about the collusion of science and state powers used against humanity for “the public good.”
“American thought is dominated by a “prevailing vision” which seals itself off from any empirical evidence that is inconsistent with that vision.”
Have we been invaded by body snatchers?
They look like us. Exactly like your loved ones or even possibly yourself. Replacement people. Exact copies yet devoid of empathy and humanity.
“Be careful what you wish for” I hear Shelly prophetically say.