"People who are liberals look upon the principles of Marxism as abstract dogma. They approve of Marxism, but are not prepared to practice it or to practice it in full; they are not prepared to replace their liberalism by Marxism. These people have their Marxism, but...
...they have their liberalism as well - they talk Marxism but practice liberalism; they apply Marxism to others but liberalism to themselves. They keep both kinds of goods in stock and find a use for each. This is how the minds of certain people work." --Mao, 1937
"Soldiers are the foundation of an army; unless they are imbued with a progressive political spirit, and unless such a spirit is fostered through progressive political work, it will be impossible to achieve genuine unity between officers and men...
...impossible to arouse their enthusiasm for the War of Resistance to the full, and impossible to provide an excellent basis for the most effective use of all our technical equipment and tactics." --Mao, 1938
"Education in democracy must be carried on within the Party so that members can understand the meaning of democratic life, the meaning of the relationship between democracy and centralism, and the way in which democratic centralism should be put into practice. ...
... Only in this way can we really extend democracy within the Party and at the same time avoid ultra-democracy and the laissez-faire that destroys discipline." --Mao, 1938
"Within the ranks of the people, democracy is correlative with centralism and freedom with discipline. They are the two opposites of a single entity, contradictory as well as united, and we should not one-sidedly emphasize one to the denial of the other. ...
... Within the ranks of the people, we cannot do without freedom, nor can we do without discipline; we cannot do without democracy, nor can we do without centralism. This unity of democracy and centralism, of freedom and discipline, constitutes our democratic centralism. ...
... Under this system, the people enjoy extensive democracy and freedom, but at the same time they have to keep within the bounds of socialist discipline." --Mao, 1957
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Philosophy is important, because it concerns the meanings of concepts, not words. Indoctrination works through redefinition of words. Much of what goes under the name of democracy, decentralization, tolerance, and safety are no such thing. -> | via startthis.org/?p=699
But most people hate philosophy. It's hard, and they haven't been trained to do it; this makes it possible for them to be taken in, and when they see criticism of the Establishment, it looks crazy to them.
This is why the KSF will be launching a course (finally) next month about the methods of Internet freedom and decentralization. A lot of people have a lot of things to learn—and unlearn.
Lately I have often had the impulse to post, "The world is going absolutely insane!" But then I stop myself, because it's boringly obvious. | via startthis.org/?p=671
Why don't I make a list of insane things?
Everyone is wearing masks, despite the fact that the science has not indicated they do much good—except that we're supposed to believe that all the scientists and policy-makers en masse around the world have come to the same conclusion.
We're supposed to believe that "just in time" for this global pandemic, a new kind of vaccine just happens to be ready to be developed in a matter of mere months, and then administered to everyone, and scientists agree that it is effective, and all of humanity must take it.
I noticed Jim Caviezel was trending. I wondered why. I did a search. So he mentioned adrenochrome in a recent appearance (the context is interesting). So I searched for "adrenochrome". I guess Twitter didn't want me to do that.(I'm not saying they're drinking baby blood, mind.)
In other news, Newsweek reports that blood from young people might slow aging.
And you know, it's not exactly news that people, especially rich old people, have wanted to beat death from time immemorial.
I'm just sayin'. I don't believe in this stuff.
I think this might be the time to pull out my famous thread about cannibalism. Because the world is much bigger and more horrific than many of you knew. Sorry. I learn things and then, being a teacher, I teach.
The Rolling Stone comes out as a lockdown skeptic, joining Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, and other people you used to think were cool before they...became...counter-cultural?
I mean...we're talking about Mick Jagger and other rock icons, not exactly conservatives, coming out against lockdowns?
What can it mean? Maybe that being forced to stay locked up, muzzled, jabbed, and increasingly surveilled is...inconsistent with the freedom they represent.
That generation is now old, but some of them sure don't want to participate in this fearful, stodgy, controlling old attitude.
Not the Rolling Stones, but certainly from the same generation:
Never mind that widespread, enthusiastic hostility toward policing as an institution, together with official Democratic tolerance of violent rioting in inner cities loosely directed at police, has resulted in a 33% rise in murder.
Never mind that in Chicago alone, from 2020 to 2021, that will mean a rise in murders from approximately 769 to 1023, i.e., in that city alone, these righteous causes resulted in the deaths of ~254 more people. Most of them, of course, were (will be) black.
Black Lives Matter!
Source: the CNN article says there was a 33% homicide rise in Q1 2021. If this rate continues throughout 2021, then since that Chicago had 769 homicides in 2020, they'll see ~254 more murders this year.
That was just before he released this video, in which he is portrayed first as being corrupted by the serpent in the Garden, then as an angel falling all the way to Hell where he has sex with Satan (in the video). YOU'VE BEEN WARNED: