#pagan

All interpretations of history are propaganda for one idea or another. ↗

— Selma Dabbagh

#politics #propaganda

A spiritual organization with a hierarchical structure can convey only the consciousness of estrangement, regardless of what teachings or deep inspirations are at its root.The structure itself reinforces the idea that some people are inherently more worthy than others. ↗

— Starhawk

#heirarchy #paganism #inspirational

The western world now obeys the percepts of commerce.A bloody demanding religion,if you ask me.The do's and don'ts change every season and your "everyone" doesn't want to be left out,so they rush headlong to comply.That continuous change has a function,a single aim.Maximum consumption.They want to go on milking you.From the cradle to the grave.Face it:You're a brain washed ,walking purse,a robot,the fuel multinationals run on. ↗

— Esther Verhoef

#propaganda #change

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#men

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling? ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#friendly #hatred #more #much #propaganda

The more we die, the stronger we will become ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#propaganda

The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed at its heart, which is its pocketbook. ↗

— George Seldes

#media #propaganda #truth #propaganda

The art of those who govern consists above all in the science of employing words. ↗

— Gustave Le Bon

#propaganda-government #science

The American people are free to do exactly what they are told. ↗

— Ward Churchill

#media #propaganda #freedom

سيكونون في ورطة. ليس لديهم برنامج سياسي أبعد من "الإسلام هو الحل". اسألهم عن أي تفاصيل لا تجد عندهم إجابة. ↗

— Ahdaf Soueif

#political-propaganda #love