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Originally posted by Skyfloating
So people like kosmicjack (posted above) are not afraid to confront and exploit the system and wont run away.
So while your option is somewhat appealing I dont know if it was lifes purpose to "get away from here". If it was lifes purpose to "get away", then why did we come here in the first place?
Originally posted by sollie
*See thread "Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars"
All science is merely a means to an end. The means is knowledge. The end is control. Beyond this remains only one issue: Who will be the beneficiary?
In 1954 this was the issue of primary concern. Although the so-called "moral issues" were raised, in view of the law of natural selection it was agreed that a nation or world of people who will not use their intelligence are no better than animals who do not have intelligence. Such people are beasts of burden and steaks on the table by choice and consent.
Consequently, in the interest of future world order, peace, and tranquillity, it was decided to privately wage a quiet war against the American public with an ultimate objective of permanently shifting the natural and social energy (wealth) of the undisciplined and irresponsible many into the hands of the self-disciplined, responsible, and worthy few.
The quality of education given to the lower class must be of the poorest sort, so that the moat of ignorance isolating the inferior class from the superior class is and remains incomprehensible to the inferior class. With such an initial handicap, even bright lower class individuals have little if any hope of extricating themselves from their assigned lot in life. This form of slavery is essential to maintain some measure of social order, peace, and tranquillity for the ruling upper class.
Diversion, the Primary Strategy
Experience has prevent that the simplest method of securing a silent weapon and gaining control of the public is to keep the public undisciplined and ignorant of the basic system principles on the one hand, while keeping them confused, disorganized, and distracted with matters of no real importance on the other hand.
This is achieved by:
- disengaging their minds; sabotaging their mental activities; providing a low-quality program of public education in mathematics, logic, systems design and economics; and discouraging technical creativity.
- engaging their emotions, increasing their self-indulgence and their indulgence in emotional and physical activities, by:
1) unrelenting emotional affrontations and attacks (mental and emotional rape) by way of constant barrage of sex, violence, and wars in the media - especially the T.V. and the newspapers.
2) giving them what they desire - in excess - "junk food for thought" - and depriving them of what they really need.
- rewriting history and law and subjecting the public to the deviant creation, thus being able to shift their thinking from personal needs to highly fabricated outside priorities.
These preclude their interest in and discovery of the silent weapons of social automation technology.
The general rule is that there is a profit in confusion; the more confusion, the more profit. Therefore, the best approach is to create problems and then offer solutions.
Security
It is patently impossible to discuss social engineering or the automation of a society, i.e., the engineering of social automation systems (silent weapons) on a national or worldwide scale without implying extensive objectives of social control and destruction of human life, i.e., slavery and genocide.
This manual is in itself an analog declaration of intent. Such a writing must be secured from public scrutiny. Otherwise, it might be recognized as a technically formal declaration of domestic war. Furthermore, whenever any person or group of persons in a position of great power and without full knowledge and consent of the public, uses such knowledge and methodologies for economic conquest - it must be understood that a state of domestic warfare exists between said person or group of persons and the public.
The solution of today's problems requires an approach which is ruthlessly candid, with no agonizing over religious, moral or cultural values.
You have qualified for this project because of your ability to look at human society with cold objectivity, and yet analyze and discuss your observations and conclusions with others of similar intellectual capacity without the loss of discretion or humility. Such virtues are exercised in your own best interest. Do not deviate from them.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
reply to post by LDragonFire
Agreed. The thing is though, you cant get two people to agree on what the "perfect society" is, which is why I believe in having different "pockets" around the world for different "interests". So lets say you want that tribal farm lifestyle...well, there should be a country or at least a community for that. I think anyone should get to live the way they want to if it doesnt interfere with the whole. And I guess thats what our governments originally intended for us, but somehow it just hasnt happened yet.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
reply to post by blahdiblah
Ive read and appreciated "Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars" in its entirety twice now. Thanks for posting excerpts from it, but your OWN words would also be interesting to hear.
Originally posted by Xtrozero
unfortunately we seem to have an endless supply of people who have no ambitions other than getting a twelve pack for the weekend.
[edit on 3-11-2007 by Xtrozero]
Originally posted by Skyfloating
reply to post by LDragonFire
you define lust for money as the root of our problems, I define lack of money as the root of some problems. I agree with most of your points but have to disagree with your anti-money stance.
I also have to disagree with another thread of yours about capitalism leading to a police state.
Capitalism is only exercising ones individual right to trade and skillfully perform. Thats all it is. Having this right was one of my only ways to gain some relative freedom within the slave-system.
But if you think that money is the root of our problems then it may not be a bad idea for you to move to a remote island. I actually know some people who have done that. An acquaintance of mine just dropped everything one day and went to Fiji. There he spends part of his time as a school teacher and the other part sitting under palms drinking kava. And apparently he is happy to be AWAY from it (from most of it. Fiji also has governments, authorities, banks, McDonalds chains, Sheraton Hotels and so on).
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Well, I agree with you. Obviously not having glanced through this thread that may not seem apparent to you, but I fully agree with you. Within the thread we already defined various levels of choice/slavery and I defined myself as a slave but less slave than many others because I am not willing to make money for some boss. This has given me a certain amount of choice/freedom. But just because its alright for us personally doesnt mean that the world is in a similar position. As far as I can tell, theres still A LOT of room for improvement.
Originally posted by Xtrozero
In this thread I do fine the usage of the word "slave" miss leading in that most of us are doing what we want to do. Now this doesn't mean we don't want to do better, but in our own way we are able to live according to our efforts in life. Why this would be called a slave in any way I do not know.
External forces/sources 'frame' your entire decision-making process and it's beautifully illustrated by a joke which offers a commentary on why some of us will be 'ready for what's next', but many won't be. It's called the "Bath tub test"
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director "How do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized?"
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."
Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
No." said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"
ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON, OR DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE? This is not really a sanity test. It's a test to determine if you have been in the public school system which, for the purpose of social control, gets people in the mode of following suggestions instead of thinking for themselves.
Getting your head into a different kind of reality than the 'spoon-fed' stuff that is passed out on corpmedia is a little challenging at times: friends won't believe you, and when you call BS on the high consumptive/ego-driven/conspicuous consumption lifestyle, you're bound to lose a few friends along the way who will cling to the old paradigm like their life depends on it. In return, you'll get scorn, denial, and a much smaller circle of friends. But, as times change... (do) not get sucked into the 'framed decisions' that will be put before you.