A Study of the Popular Mind

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Harlan
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Re: A Study of the Popular Mind

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A wise quote from Gustave Le Bon:
“The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.”
Men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
anarchist of love
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Re: A Study of the Popular Mind

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Harlan wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2024 11:48 am A wise quote from Gustave Le Bon:
“The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.”
I say, only in the context of the masses already being divided from their ancient, intuitive excellences --such as those that allowed our pre-Roman communities to thrive for thousands of years (if not more!) before the arrival of Alexander the "Great" and minions. And the whole terrorism they seeded via their English satellite, etc.

We the masses start as kids quite intelligent and wanting to share our feelings and such. Only in the context of empire and the coerced subordination to its dictates (world-wide), do we start to appear "dumb" to all those still allowed the privilege to remain alienated and aloof from those millions.

i don't mean to offend individuals here. But i think this analysis must be brought to light in as many ways as possible, to try to reach elite ideology!
"...if we are afraid, we are almost always afraid of something, and the more clearly we can see what it is we are afraid of, the more likely we are to be able to cope with that fear."--John Holt in FREEDOM AND BEYOND p.32
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