"The ultimate tyranny in a society is not control by martial law. It is control by the psychological manipulation of consciousness, through which reality is defined so that those who exist within it do not even realize that they are in prison. They do not even realize that there is something outside of where they exist." -- Barbara Marciniak,Content of Bringers of the Dawn
, pg. 87, Chapter Eight.
For several years now, I've been watching the evolution of the virtual community. At first I had rather naïve, high hopes for its possibilities. I imagined it might spawn a viable counterculture that could become a global phenomenon bringing the People of Earth together in a way never possible before.
, pg. 87, Chapter Eight. For several years now, I've been watching the evolution of the virtual community. At first I had rather naïve, high hopes for its possibilities. I imagined it might spawn a viable counterculture that could become a global phenomenon bringing the People of Earth together in a way never possible before.
I have studied innumerable forums, social networks, blogs and news and information sites. On virtually every venue that allows reader comment or contribution I have found only one common factor: Conflict.
My early optimism has been replaced by the realisation that, with a few notable exceptions, the much vaunted World Wide Web is becoming just another weapon in the arsenal of oppression.
If you can't beat 'em, absorb 'em."To take advantage of sentiments, not wasting one's energies in futile efforts to destroy them". -- Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto.
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