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RE: Why is propaganda effective? How does mental corruption take place?
Who needs Sokrates when we have @dwinblood !?
Uhm. Thanks for the compliment. I like to think. I like to treat people with respect. I wouldn't consider myself on par with Socrates. :)
I make a lot of mistakes.
I even made a mistake in trying to explain it to the person that inspired this post. I tried to come across as helpful rather than attacking, and I failed.
So as you see I have a lot to learn. I think I always will.
Every conflict has 2 parties. But I feel like many people want to get upset in discussions so they can use emotions ...
You are very open minded, when it comes to my radical views , welp I guess you have to as an Anarcho-Cap ;)
Speaking of them I would like to discuss an argument wíth you:
We are under absolute surveillance at least potentially and most likely factually. Wouldnt it be smarter to use those controls for good, ie every high official politician should be monitored 24/7 so his people know what he is doing?
Hehe... there is a science fiction book by John Brunner. It is called "The Shockwave Rider". It is one of my favorites and it was influential on me.
John wrote it after reading Alvin Toffler's book "Future Shock". Alvin was a futurist who tried to predict things in the future.
Much of what he predicted seems accurate now, but John wrote Shockwave rider before this was true. It has a difficult start, but the book is great.
In the end victory is achieved by sharing ALL INFORMATION with everyone. When it came to recorded activities there were no secrets.
I think it would alter the world quite a bit. I myself am not huge on needing my OWN privacy. I am very vocal about people having their right to their own.
Yet, that is because the government tends to use our private lives against us while we cannot peer into their corners to see what they are doing. This leads to further corruption.
So I myself wouldn't have a problem with your idea IF government were to continue to exist. Which I don't see ending anytime soon.
If everything were out in the open it would shake some people up. Some people might initially be embarrassed for some of their interests but, I believe we would learn to own up to who we are.
I am who I am. Like it or don't.
Wow, I thought we would disagree. You pretty much further explained the thoughts I had on this, thanks for writing them down :D
Gotta give Future Shock a try, even tho I hate reading books... well maybe there is an audiobook ^^
Just read the post I just wrote. :)
on it already ;)