People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
Agreed! The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
That’s my wife’s playbook—she’s got being right down to an art. I’m too worn down to slug it out with her anymore; my moral backbone’s taken too many hits.
People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
Eric Hoffer
Its so obvious.
Their greatest strength is to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive....and then give it a negative label.
This is tried and true. Has worked throughout history and always will...UNLESS you have absolute freedom of speech.
Agreed! The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
Philip K. Dick
That’s my wife’s playbook—she’s got being right down to an art. I’m too worn down to slug it out with her anymore; my moral backbone’s taken too many hits.
So dump her. Life's too short to live with an unpleasant bitch.