Ethvert lands lovgivning registrerer de politiske og økonomiske maktforhold, i tidligere tider og i nåtiden. I enhver stat er det fra makthavernes synspunkt helt utmerket at folk flest inntar en mest mulig ukritisk respekt for loven, eller helst for Loven med stor L.
“Lov” bør helst automatisk assosieres med”rett”, ikke med det stygge ordet “makt”. Fremfor alt brukes skolevesenet, for eksempel i Norge der skolelovens paragraf 1 fastslår at skolens hensikt er å utvikle “gode samfunnsmennesker” (!), til å bygge opp en spontan avsky mot enhver politisk adferd som kan stemples som “landsforræderi” eller “landssvik”, eller i Amerika “uamerikansk virksomhet”.
En virkelig radikal opposisjon er under ethvert slags regime noe som regjeringen ønsker å begrense mest mulig, og illojalitetsstempler av mange slag har vist seg langt mer effektive i så måte enn en fri og åpen dialog.
Christian Bay 1968
“You wouldn’t be able to corrupt so many people. Every reporter and politician would have to be “in on it” in order to cover it up.”
RESPONSE: “The corruption doesn’t come from the outside-in. It comes from the top-down. If the ownership of a major media organization decides that a certain story is to be spiked, or if another story is to be hyped, then the rest of the organization follows. If a low level reporter decides to defy his bosses, he will lose his job and be blacklisted. Remember Helen Thomas? After 50 years as a White House Correspondent, she was dumped like a hot potato for publicly criticizing Israel. The same fearful top-down control works in government and academia as well.
“Conspiracy theories appeal to uneducated people because they provide simplistic answers to complex events.”
RESPONSE: “Exactly the OPPOSITE is true! The evaluation of conspiracy theories not only requires much time and study, but also applied logic and critical thinking. Did you know that Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Bobby Fischer all believed in the “one-world conspiracy theory”? Were those men stupid? No, it is intellectually lazy people like you who choose to swallow and parrot whatever simplistic narrative that the TV feeds you. Do you ever question anything that the TV feeds you?” (Wait for response.)
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