"There are more things likely to frighten us, than there are to crush us, we suffer more often in imagination than in reality" #quote
"while some of these imagined fears are of one's own making, many are the consequence of narratives created by those in positions of power, individuals looking to take advantage of and manipulate others have long realized the power of fear." #quote
"when one is gripped by fear of a threat real or imagined, their rational and higher cognitive capacities shut down, making them easily manipulated by anyone that promises safety from the threat" #quote
"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear" #quote
"Ruling classes for thousands of years have understood the power of intentionally invoking fear in their subjects as a means of social control." #quote
"the artificial construction and maintenance of fear in a population by a ruling class has remained pervasive from the ancient times until the modern day" #quote
"oppressive governments often maintain their grip on a nation by continually invoking fear and then proceeding to claim that only they, the ruling powers, have the means and ability to protect the population from such a threat" #quote
"the whole aim of practical politics wrote HL Mencken is to keep the populace alarmed and hence clamorous to be led to safety by MENACING it with an endless series of hobgoblins most of them imaginary" #quote
"Fear is the foundation of most governments" #quote
"while there are numerous tactics and strategies that have developed over the centuries to effectively exploit the public through fear, two of the more powerful and efficient are the use of False Flags and the implementation of Propaganda via repetition" #quote
"a False Flag can be defined as a covert operation designed to deceive in such a way, that the operation appears as though it is being carried out by entities, groups or nations other than those who actually planned and executed
the operation" #quote
the operation" #quote
"Physical attacks lead to a corresponding increase of trust in political leaders and submission to them..." #quote
"this effect is likely the same whether the attack be a surprise or known to political leaders yet allowed to happen or directly orchestrated by these same leaders who stand to benefit from the increased Trust and Submission" #quote
"False Flag operations are used because people generally do not have access to the details, so they are prone to rely upon what they're told and thus are easily deceived" #quote
"People will, for the most part, believe what they are told in times of crisis" #quote
"and so government officials, given the opportunity, will capitalized on or completely fabricate a crisis." #quote
"Repetition is also a well-known and prevalent propaganda technique used to solidify falsehoods and perpetuate fear in the public consciousness by repeating specific phrases and warnings and displaying particular symbols and images over and over through various mediums." #quote
"Those in power are able to paralyze entire populations with a fear psychosis" #quote
"George Orwell viewed political language as largely a form of propaganda designed to deceive people" #quote
"He wrote political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." #quote
