"What assurance have we that our masters..." - Quote by C S Lewis
What assurance have we that our masters will or can keep the promise which induced us to sell ourselves? Let us not be deceived by phrases about 'Man taking charge of his own destiny'. All that can really happen is that some men will take charge of the destiny of the others. They will be simply men; none perfect; some greedy, cruel and dishonest. The more completely we are planned the more powerful they will be. Have we discovered some new reason why, this time, power should not corrupt as it has done before?
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More on Power
“Clearly, only very unequal intellectual and moral standing could justify having equality imposed, whether the people want it or not, as Dworkin suggests, and only very unequal power would make it possible.”
“They whispered to Caesar that he was mortal, then sold daggers at half-price in the grand March sale.”
“Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.”
More on Control
“The fears you dont face control you. The fears you face, you move beyond.”
“If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies. The sealed world in which he lives would be broken, and the fear, hatred and self-righteousness on which his morale depends might evaporate.”
“The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debts.”