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"Human freedom is inversely proportional to the bloat of the administrative state."
"Compounding the problem is the notion that immigration should be limitless and the nation borderless, despite a debt of $20 trillion."
"If we are no longer able to place ourselves and society into the context of historical events, our vision going forward will be blurred."
"Depriving students exposure to literary classics like Shakespeare (based on the charge that such works are..."
"...“Western” and therefore ethnocentric) prevents them from discussing the universal human condition."
"Power elites have actually hoarded knowledge of mass psychology so they can better control the masses."
"Propaganda’s intensity and effectiveness increases in direct proportion to the ignorance out there."
"Propaganda is the process by which power elites condition individuals through psychological manipulation to adapt to an agenda."
"The whole point of the totalitarian abuse of language is to prevent independent thought."
"When people accept the abuse of language, and incorporate it into their own vocabularies..."
"...without thinking about it, they can be easily ventriloquized by power elites."
"Consider all the weaponized memes and slogans we swallow today that shape how we think: woke, bend the knee, cisgender are just a few."
"All are meant to modify our thoughts and behaviors in everyday life."
"A byproduct of watering down of the study of history is the revision and mockery of history."
"Journalists tend to view themselves as watchdogs, yet over the years have become increasingly unaccountable to anyone."
"As the profession’s political shift to the Left has crystallized to beyond 90 percent, it’s now so monolithic in its perspective..."
"...that it can hardly help but churn out propaganda."
"New technologies promote political correctness and cult-like mindsets."
"Daniel Boorstin... warned how glomming onto new technologies like television was making us more susceptible to accepting images as reality"
"Wow, was he ever right. No doubt the Internet, cell phone technologies, and social media endlessly present illusions in place of reality."
"It’s a dream-come-true for totalitarians who no doubt hope for a conformity that would allow them to remake the world in their own image."
"Margaret Thaler Singer called this “the psycho-technology of thought reform,” and warned it was very real and not going to go away."
"Americans tend to gather with those of like mind to march against injustice."
"But today we can see growing trends towards something different: street theater that actually serves to shut down freedom of expression."
"Americans are traditionally a big-hearted and happy people, filled with enthusiasm over innovation and goodwill towards all."
"In part, that’s exactly why the SPLC’s propaganda has worked: because it uses people’s goodwill against them to gain political power."
"Power elites who strive for totalitarian rule have always invested in keeping a large underclass of people who are dependent and ignorant."
"Today the goal is to shut down speech and real conversation."
"Mobs generally make a lot of noise and create a lot of action so that they get their way, even if they represent a small minority."
"The history of the recent twentieth century is filled with mass action that led to totalitarian dictatorships."
"Always the Enemy was invoked, whether a class enemy, a race enemy, or any other sort."
"The attack on historical monuments may seem to have started with Confederate statues. But it is certainly not ending there."
"It’s another trend that hastens the erasure of national memory and social cohesion."
"Statist youth leagues have always been a staple of dictators who wish to eliminate family loyalties and religious influences."
"School boards in major districts across the nation are pushing curricula and policies that force children to cater to identity politics..."
"...environmentalism, transgenderism, and so much more than children should ever be forced to grapple with."
"As children attempt to navigate the perceptions of their peers and the authorities... "
"... they will playact various personas at the expense of developing unique personalities."
"Likewise, in higher education students participate in mob action—in particular, shutting down the speech of the politically incorrect."
"All of the above sets the scene for the latter phases in the road to communism and other forms of totalitarianism."
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