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Albert Einstein: “A Foolish Faith In Authority Is The Worst Enemy Of The Truth”
Albert Einstein said:
A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of the truth.
Indeed, scientists have shown that people will go to absurd lengths - and engage in mental gymnastics – in order to cling to their belief in what those in authority have said.
Part of the reason so many are so vulnerable to naive belief in authority is that we evolved in small tribes … and we assume that the super-elites are just like us.
In reality, there are millions of psychopaths in the world … and they are largely running D.C. and on Wall Street.
These people have no hesitation in lying to promote their goals.
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs told Morley Safer of 60 Minutes and CBS News:
Look, if you think any American official is going to tell you the truth, then you’re stupid. Did you hear that? — stupid.
And studies show that the super-rich lie, cheat and steal more than the rest of us.
Who’s to Blame … Big Government or Big Business?
Conservatives tend to believe that the captains of industry are virtuous and that the government can’t be trusted.
Liberals tend to believe that government servants are virtuous and that corporations can’t be trusted.
But the truth is that psychopaths are psychopaths … whether they’re in the private sector or government.
And there is no such thing as representative government or free market capitalism anymore. Big corporate money has coopted the government; and ill-guided politicians have destroyed the free market.
Corrupt government agencies and officials and corrupt corporations and executives have become intertwined in a malignant, symbiotic relationship.
And they’re trying to grab more and more power and wealth every day.
Big Business Has Turned Into a Criminal Syndicate
Big banks and giant oil companies have more or less become criminal enterprises.
And conservatives are not amused.
Government Has Gone Rogue
If the government were accountable, then government corruption, deceit and wrongdoing would be held to a modest level.
But the government is not accountable.
When bad government policy leads to bad results, the government manipulates the data … instead of changing policy.
Government pumps out massive amounts of propaganda through the mainstream and “gatekeeper” alternative media, movies, video games, and other venues.
The government has launched a war on journalism, and censors and manipulates social media. And see this.
The massive NSA is spying on all of us – including government officials, reporters, and everyone else – as a way to crush dissent.
And people who criticize government policy or government officials may literally be labeled terrorists.
No wonder the American public has lost faith in the 2 party system. And see this.
People of faith shouldn’t be fooled into blindly deferring to government authority.
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This is what happens when the value of money is shifted away from the workers under a fiat sham. The people who use the new money first get the most benefit, wall st, the government and it's many tentacles, and the banks. All of the wealth and power are at the top of this collectivist circle jerk.
A thousand Amens!
The charade continues because we are all vested in it. Our fortunes, our families, our desired futures are all tied up in the continuation of the status quo. If the lights stay on, the water continues to flow, and the pantry has food in it, we will stay in our assigned places. We will quietly call bull shit on the never ending lies. Jaded we will cease to be amazed by the putrefication of the political class, but we will not step out of line.
Civic virtue is an ideal. Very few of us are virtuous. The Framers of the Constitution understood this. That is why they built the system they built. It worked fairly well until the new industrialization caused a rush towards urbanization and centralization. These trends skewed the political balance. That out of balance system resulted in civil war.
As the trends of the last two hundred years are reversed and entropy claims its prize, we may very well face another civil war, this time with the weight of history on the side of decentralization. We may come once again to recognize the brilliance of the Framers in their efforts to chain the Leviathan.
Can anyone remember the last Presidential Administration that followed the Constitution or its moral warnings? Who ever the hell is pulling the strings likes us dichotomizing into Republicans against Democrats, or liberal against conservatives, or tea partiers against progressives. It's a scam to keep folks in there place and not have another revolution or civil war in this country. They are paranoid and thus keep secrets, wealth, power, and information from us. And the mainstream media is usually their spokesman.
Paranoia feeds the surveillance state in the USA. It is all about money, and without enemies and without war there is no money for these industries. The military industrial complex will do anything to preserve itself, and will hire plenty of lobbyists, ex politicians (or their spouses), and ex military to promote the paranoia.
Tyranny has some big ears
Empowered by playing on fears
History has taught
About moral rot
An evil that WILL end in tears
The Limerick King
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"Who ever the hell is pulling the strings likes us dichotomizing into Republicans against Democrats, or liberal against conservatives, or tea partiers against progressives. It's a scam to keep folks in there place and not have another revolution or civil war in this country."
Thank you. They would much rather have us fighting each other than fighting them. The "real enemy" promotes and agitates our prejudcices and bias as a method of keeping us stagnant and divided.
As this is a philosophical issue it has to be contextualised : What do people want from life; truth or happiness?
As Nietzsche said : we either want happiness and then we compromise, or truth; -- but then we itch and bitch as truth is the mother of BITCHES.
'Cos if we want ONLY the truth to guide us then we must ditch the happiness meme.
Can't have both. Einstein was a prime example of this dichotomy himself. He proposed project Manhattan to FDR, he initiated the Oppenheimer's toy machine...and then realised he had become the instrument of Man's own dystopia as seen at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Both he and Oppenheimer then said : nuclear power, their BABY, was not necessarily a GOOD thing to disseminate. In fact it needed to be buried and written off the agenda of humanity as WMD.
Too late! The TRUTHSEEKERS of Nuclear age had destroyed their dreams of HAPPINESS by their own acts!
Or had they...? "A foolish faith in authority was the best friend of Happiness under Eisenhower days!"
Some would argue that Oppenheimer's toy has saved the world from Armageddon.
SO the debate stays open as it always should. The dichotomy between truth and happiness never ends for Man.
We are suckers whatever we do and Balance or what Aristotle called " being reasonable", based on empiricism and factual truth, remain our lodestone in the uncertain, imperfect world of homo sapiens.
PS / I think "foolish faith" is the key there in this context.
"Einstein was a prime example of this dichotomy himself. He proposed project Manhattan to FDR, he initiated the Oppenheimer's toy machine...and then realised he had become the instrument of Man's own dystopia as seen at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Both he and Oppenheimer then said : nuclear power, their BABY, was not necessarily a GOOD thing to disseminate. In fact it needed to be buried and written off the agenda of humanity as WMD."
If Steve Jobs didn't invent the iPhone, someone else would have. During WW2, if Hitler had pursued the bomb and gotten there first, what would the outcome of the war have been?
"factual truth"
Today so many seek a truth that confirms their own truth which is more often than not, not factual at all. Which of course makes the truth ever more elusive.
No more True words ever said!
The guy was a Genius AND escaped Hitler's NAZIs!
We would do well to heed his advice.
funny how little he contributed compared to all the nazis we brought over after the war.... einstein was a fraud and there is a reason he was not part of the manhattan project and it wasn't because of moral objection
Not too sure how much faith I'd put in a scientist's pronouncements. The vast majority, because they seek order out of chaos, prefer socialist or authoritarian solutions as more efficient, fairer and more "scientific". But being an expert in one field does not transfer to another. If Hollywood has shown us anything it is that playing a president or CEO or homeless person does not bequeath expertiss. The crusade against European missles is forgotten only because it was embarrassingly infantile and historially wront. Besides, Einstien was an admire of Stalinist USSR and even when given a chance (and knowing the horrors) he refused to condemn the regime.
the stalin thing is something most don't want to bring up about einstein... bravo sir... bravo
fuck einstein right in the cornhole... bring back tesla, heaviside, steinmetz... bring back the aether and admit you were wrong... fucking dis-ingenious bastards and your cosmic flux and background radiation... you just can't admit that your perception is skewed and keep believing in your math rather than the reality it is suppose to represent...
Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. (Nikola Tesla)
now consider string theory in the light of tesla's comment and you realize how lost we truly are
Mathematis is the underlying structure of the universe - from the smallest quantum spark to galaxies themselves. The reason scientists use mathematics is that its predictions can be repeated and verified, are not subject to personal whim ("Today, the gravity coefficient will be 9.9 not 9.8") and because it yields to computer simulation which speeds up testing a thousand-fold. Unlike your statement, many folks are earnestly trying to identify the nature of reality - air-filled smears of energy that we call objects.
Today, the gravity coefficient will be 9.9 not 9.8
What are you writing about??? The AVERAGE measured Acceleration of Gravity is 9.81 meters/sec2 on the surface of the Earth. This measured acceleration varies upon Latitude, Elevation, and heterogenous Mass varaiances within the Earth's Core, Mantle, and Crust.
Newton's Gravitational Coefficient, G, is roughly 6.67×1011 N·(m/kg) 2. where N is a Newton of Force, 'm' is a Meter, and 'kg' is a kilogram. (SI Units.)
The Force due to Gravitational Attraction on two Masses, m1 and m2,
located at positions x1 and x2 , according to Newton,
is Fg = Gm1m2/(x2 - x1)2
In words this means that the Force of Gravity is directly proportional to the Masses of two objects and inversely proportion to the square of the distance that separates the Masses. G is the constant, the coefficient, that takes the concept from a proportionality and creates an EQUATION.
Now some will be able to regurgitate this Equation on an exam. And if that is all that they can do then I HAVE FAILED TO TEACH THEM THE PHYSICAL PRINCIPLE behind the Math. They earn an F in my class if they do not understand the underlying concept.
As I have told many Physics students, "If you want to learn Math...then go over to the Math Department. I teach Physics and am interested in learning, and teaching Physics."
your math does not explain how this matter acts where it is not... nor does it mean gravitiy is not a reality... it just explains the measurable quantities... this doesn't mean the math is wrong, but does not answer my question even if it can predict accurately... predictions are not reality....i will continue to post the falling comment by tesla until you satisfactorialy explain how matter acts where it is not? you have yet to do this...
Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
Nikola Tesla
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/n/nikolatesl401270.html#8QfpDGlL1yHJYZRm.99
do you honestly believe math exists with out humans and is not a invention or instinct (like language) to explain the reality we perceive?
Yes, Many things exist not dictated by whether or not we exist. Always have always will
so what else besides humans uses calculus? nothing does... math is a man made invention meant to describe nature... it is no more reality than notes on a sheet are music... all the proof you need lies in the logical absurdity of the "dual nature of light"... schizophrenic math my work but it is still schizophrenic
some say space has more than three dimensions
distance is one dimension not three... i can describe any point in space in relation to another with one distance and two angles.... that is not 3d... 2d maybe but not 3d... and why is velocity (motion through space) given in m/s rather than m^3/s?
You must have flunked Physics.
At least I got a "B".
only a b, you must be slacking... regurgitating calculus equations is not that hard... now understanding the reality that the math represents seems to be something that has gone over the relativists' heads
Experiments must be quantifiable and repeatable. Your attack on the models is fine...if YOU can replace the idea. If you can then you will get the Nobel.
Einstein's physics works. Modern Physics works. There are Engineering applications of both the Modern Physics and Relativistic Physics. They are functional. From the Semiconductor chip in your computer to the GPS Satellites orbiting the Globe there are many and numerous applications of Einstein's and Planck's Physics at work.
Of course Tesla contributed through his A?C Electrical Induction Motor.
Denial of the Mathematics is erroneous. Yes there are errors in Modern Physics and Relativistic Physics as they do not reconcile with each other. In fact both ideas will eventually be overthrown as we learn more about Complex Numerical Computations and are able to unify the theory.
Instead of attacking Einstein show me something better. I am all ears.
If you cannot put up then shut up. Shoiw me the better path...if you can.
By the way...Physics is not about "regurgitating Calculus equations". If that is all that you got out of your Physics Coursework then your 'A' was not deserved and you really missed the point.
By the way...Physics is not about "regurgitating Calculus equations". If that is all that you got out of your Physics Coursework then your 'A' was not deserved and you really missed the point.
i never said a... might want to reread. but other than that i agree... but the equations and the math still fail to explain how matter acts where it is not (which it seems to do, but this is a logical absurdity)... either our logic is broken or math is because reality supports the existence of gravity...
and when it comes to predicitions i would argue that einstein and newton don't work which is why we create mathematical constructs called dark matter to compensate for the inability of the equations to be accurate...
and to only credit tesla with ac is misleading and devious... you forgot
particle beams
radio
xray
wireless power transmission
(ieee has several papers in the last ten years using this principle- see "wireless reactive power transfer for off-shore energy harvesting" by cw van neste and satish m mahajan....
what has einstein invented besides using other peoples math?
If the Mathmatical Model fails then we can infer an existence of something, whatever that may, or may not, be, but it demonstrates that we do not have a full understanding.
As a scientist I have not ever claimed that Physics is a "Dead Science". Even Einstein did not make that claim.
I can infer the existence of Dark Matter because there is not enough that is radiant. But of course this is also telling me that something else about our Cosmology is very wrong as Dark Matter would be what is to be expected near the end of all time due to entropy.
I am not writing that we have all of the answers. Hell I am not writing that Tesla is "wrong". But do not knock the people whom have brought us this far unless you have...a better idea, perchance.
Just for Shits and Giggles what do you think that the geometrical significance of c2 is in regards to Einstein's iconic equation E = mc2 ?
(I am not grading you on this assignment...)
you argue einstein has brought us this far... but i will argue he has retarted our progress upon his assumptions of the michelson-morley experiment.... throwing out the aether and keeping the equations is like throwing out God but keeping His word.
i will answer your question when you answer mine
how can matter act where it is not? and how can what is now defined as emtpy have any attributes? i want a logical non mathematical answer.... for without logic math is just insanity
That too is relative
tis true... but just because we live in relatively with each other does not negate the absolute... we might not be able to occupy the absolute perspective, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist... it just means were a limited, finite beings living in an absolute reality...
i trust albert einstein bitchez!
If truth is to win then Einstein will be remembered as a fraud and his removal of the aether will be the biggest folly of science. Bigger than the world is flat. Action at a distance.... what bs... how can matter act where it is not? How can space be curved or having any properties at all if it is empty? Fuck einstein. He and his ilk have returned physics to the dark ages. All math and no reality. Tesla was right.
Smart guy that Einstein. A little slow at taking things in but, his brain had twice as many helper cells that most people have; to process the info.
Hey if gravity warps space then space must be something seperate from time no?
No. Gravity also distorts time.
If one is in an Accelerated Frame due to the distortion of Space by a Mass (Gravity) and Acceleration is a function of both Distance and Time and since the following are true:
x = xo(1 - v2/c2)1/2 ; where x is distance
t = to(1 - v2/c2)1/2 ; where t is time
then one can understand that Time, itself, must also distorted in an Accelerated Frame.
(If I had the symbols available then I would take you through the Mathematics to demonstrate. Tyler...Get me some Higher Mathematics symbols on the panel, please. Many in this crowd can handle Higher Mathematics.)
mathematics is not reality...
Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
Nikola Tesla
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/n/nikolatesl401270.html#8QfpDGlL1yHJYZRm.99
".....and, as we approach the speed of Light, everything slows down. Also according to this law, as we speed up the printing of fiat, its velocity decreases."
"Wow, Professor Bunkem, a unified field theory of fiat!"
"Thanks, Janet."
"What happens when money velocity stops, Professor?"
"Good question, Timmy. Fiat 'value' will approach Zero and man will instinctively look around for Gold."
how can that which is devoid of anything have any properties at all? answer that question before running into delusions of space and time.... maybe you will start to see reality rather than mathematical constructs used to fix the errors in the expect vs returned data.... i still have no idea why scientists are trusted over most humns? these fuckers ego's are much too big to admit fault and what you get in fantasy like dark matter.... you didn't trust these fuckers in grade school because you knew how fucked they were even if the teachers did call it brainy, so why trust them now that they have degrees? they know nothing different than any other humans and they are all pushing their perception as the valid one.... and don't give me that peer review shit... it is no different than lawyers and judges of bankruptcy courts... if you aren't in the club you can take a hike after we take all your shit...
"how can that which is devoid of anything have any properties at all?"
How can you be certain that anything is devoid of any properties at all?
that is how one defines space.... how can you have a concept without a definition... personally i am a proponent of aether so space is very misleading but i don't need to make up attributes to for the attributeless (ie spacecurvature) to under stand how the energy is propagated... it is all about the aether and the mathematicians inability to get their math to work... that doesn't mean the aether doesn't exist... just means we dont know a lot of things that we pretend to know
Yep. In his wife's brain.
Reading George Washington's articles has become like getting kicked in the head by using one's eyes to look at the facts.
That reminds me of this Web site:
http://fullspectrumsurvival.com/
Every day, they provide a 2 minute video summary of some of the worst news in the world.
As many other people have lamented, in the metaphor of the Matrix, sometimes I wish that I could regurgitate the Red Pill. However, instead, I have tended to become a Red Pill addict, who routinely reads George Washington's articles, merely to confirm once again that things are bad, and getting worse, faster.
The BIG PROBLEM is that for thousands of years backing up lies with violence WORKED! The narcissistic psychopathic sociopaths have been on a fearsome regime of objectively benefiting from their attitudes and behavior. It has not merely been pure psychology, but rather, how that psychology operated within the human ecology and political economy, that provided the schedule of enforcement for the most criminally insane people to take over more and more control of civilization Thus, the most dishonest and violent people ended up being reinforced, by becoming more wealthy and powerful. Obviously, they still are tearing their way through.
That historical development of Neolithic Civilization has flourished in the USA where the symbiosis of legalized lies, backed by legalized violence, serving the interests of a runaway fascist plutocracy juggernaut system, or corportacracy, where huge corporations operating their own specialized systems of organized lies and robberies, so totally dominate all social institutions, that there is barely anything else left functioning. While all of that is clear to anyone who is NOT suffering from "foolish faith in authority," I will mention the notion that the full magnitude of "foolish faith in authority" includes how we tend to blame the psychology of the psychopaths, rather than look at the systems of human ecology and political economy, as providing the real reinforcement to advance their careers.
I repeat an oversimplified metaphor for the human social pyramid systems: a small minority of Vicious Wolves, controlling another bigger minority of more Domesticated Dogs, who herd a large majority of Zombie Sheeple, while some of the Black Sheeple within that group protest how bad the Domesticated Dogs are getting, while perhaps even also pointing out how extremely evil the Vicious Wolves are becoming.
My basic objection is that the psychological explanations of the evil people, especially including those pyramidion people at the apex of the social pyramid systems, tend to deliberately ignore the chronic political problems, which were always inherent to the nature of life, and had to be resolved somehow. Since those chronic political problems tend to actually be resolved in the most expedient ways by the social pyramid systems controlled by the pyramidion people, there tends to be a bogus projection of all the blame onto the psychopaths for causing those problems to exist.
In fact, those chronic political problems must necessarily always exist, and be perpetually resolved in some fashion. Meanwhile, projecting the blame onto the evil psychology of those running the social pyramid systems is the typically superficial ponerology, which constantly fails to resolve those chronic political problems any better, because the Black Sheeple tend to have already incorporated so much "foolish faith in authority" into their moralities.
The paradoxes have been that Wolves in Sheep's clothing have taught the Sheeple to bleat their moralities, and most of the Black Sheeple, who reveal more of the facts about what the Domesticated Dogs are really doing, and even reveal some of what the Vicious Wolves are doing, STILL continue to present the same old biggest bullies' bullshit world view, which is profoundly BACKWARDS!
The whole world is not merely dominated by the best professional liars and immaculate hypocrites within the groups of the Vicious Wolves, and their Domesticated Dogs, the controlled opposition to them is also dominated by various ranges of Black Sheeple, who are also professional liars and immaculate hypocrites, inasmuch as they persist in presenting superficial psychological explanations for the ponerology of the pyramidion people at the top of the social pyramid systems.
I will not repeat all the rest of my bla, bla, blah, song and dance here about regarding human civilizations as being general energy systems, except to repeat a few key points about the paradox that the only better solutions to these problems are better death controls, as the core controls to everything else. There MUST be some death controls, due to the chronic political problems inherent in the nature of life. It was NOT merely psychological defects which have resulted in the world becoming an insane asylum dominated by the most criminally insane people. There were general energy system problems, which have been resolved in the most expedient ways through the social pyramid organizations.
The psychopathic sociopaths are dominating the established institutions of Neolithic Civilizations in the ways that they do because their apparent opposition has also been too well controlled too. Thus, the routinely silly and shallow psychological ponerology regarding the ruling classes being psychopaths is the only thing that the Black Sheeple provide as their bullshit "solutions," after presenting relatively good analysis regarding how extremely evil the Vicious Wolves really are, as well as how bad their Domesticated Dogs are too.
Of course, I am merely using George Washington as a whipping boy in this comment. He stands in for being an example of good analysis, followed by no good solutions, because he continues to operate out of the frame of reference of false fundamental dichotomies, and the related impossible ideals, as being somehow able to offer "solutions," when history has demonstrated over and over again that the professional liars and immaculate hypocrites never do anything other than make the real problems get worse, due to their bullshit "solutions" backfiring.
The deeper truths are that there MUST be some death controls, as the central controls to everything else, and nothing else but better death controls can resolve any of the real problems any better. As long as nothing but psychology, and blaming the psychopaths, continues to be the main way that these problems are being understood, then their general energy system dimensions will not be better resolved. The social facts ARE that governments are biggest organized gangs of criminals, controlled by the best organized gangs of criminals. That IS the point to the kind of social analysis that articles like this one by George Washington reveal.
However, while those are clearly the correct social facts, there continues to be an implicit set of assumptions that false fundamental dichotomies, and the related impossible ideals, could still provide better "solutions," despite the overwhelming proof through history that that has never worked before, but rather, always allowed those systems to get even worse. I suggest that a deeper radical truth is necessary, and that is a much deeper radical view of reality, which goes through the heart of the philosophy of science, which is generally presumed as being correct, despite that it too has been the victim of being dominated by the biggest bullies' bullshit world view.
The degree to which we all, almost totally, operate within "foolish faith in authority" could barely be overstated. The thing that Einstein is most famous for is understanding the concept of energy in a much more profound, paradigm changing way, through the special theory of relativity, which made things like atomic bombs possible to build. However, despite that, the vast majority of human beings continue to coast with their "foolish faith in authority" regarding almost everything to do with their moralities or ideologies, in which better understandings of general energy systems play almost no roles.
IN THAT CONTEXT, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH WE GENERALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORLD BACKWARDS, AND THEREFORE, CONTINUE TO TRY TO RESOLVE OUR PROBLEMS IN WAYS WHICH ARE BACKWARDS!
Thanks for the link to News In Two Minutes...
I refuse to watch tee-vee "news" and this is just the sort of alternative I need to keep informed of all the bad shit occuring so I can react/respond in a timely manner.
http://fullspectrumsurvival.com/
Good doom porn news.
Too bad it is not the MSM. More people would wake the fuck up.
That was a good read. Almost always very interesting views on offer with your posts. It may have been another poster who postulated that the basis of all money was murder, but that one really had me thinking for weeks and this is in the same remarkable vein.
Perhaps the explicit fundamental truth that we all choose to ignore is that humans are, despite our own self image and achievements, mere animals only slightly more intelligent than our nearest ape cousins, fundamentally flawed in biology and psychology with adaptations suited to be an apex predator on a planet full of stupid animals and good for nothing more. Consider the sum total of human knowledge, as meager as it may be in the vastness of the universe. I cannot, no matter how much I want to, however hard I try, begin to process, understand, and store even a single percentage of that knowledge. In other words human beings as individuals are too short lived and too stupid ever to reach the wisdom that we desperately need to live better, to find systems where we can grow as individuals and as a species.
That's one of the reasons why I look forward to the emergence of machine intelligence, to go beyond our natural handicaps and our basest instincts. The only antidote to entropy seems to be intelligence, and I think the universe desperately needs more of it.
You look forward to machine intelligence.
I am not looking forward to trans humanism...
A good die-off of the psychopaths in our species would be most welcome however!
Thanks, YHC-FTSE! That must have been me offering that definition of money as measurement backed by murder, since I have never read it anywhere else, and I have been repeating it in several of my comments on Zero Hedge.
To respond to your point that humans only have "adaptations suited to be an apex predator on a planet full of stupid animals and good for nothing more," I would suggest a similar idea with respect to the ways that the ruling classes are controlling both the Big Government and Big Corporations, which is that they have TOO EASY OF A JOB, because most other people are TOO EASILY FOOLED.
The "ruling classes" can be regarded as having developed to be the fill the "top carnivore" niches inside of the human ecology and political economy systems. However, enough of the people they rule over have been reduced to being so easy to fool that the ruling classes could get lazier and lazier, and so, have tended to atrophy down to become merely parasites, rather than predators.
If a hundred million Americans would wake up to what authors like George Washington have to say, then the world could become a much more interesting place. However, so far, I see very few indications that that is significantly happening! I think changing things would require some significant minority to reach as sufficient critical mass ... but, so far, I still believe we have only a few percent of the population understanding what people like George Washington are writing about.
The deeper problem I worry about is whether most people will end up being "murdered in their sleep," before enough of them "wake up" ???
inasmuch as they persist in presenting superficial psychological explanations for the ponerology of the pyramidion people at the top of the social pyramid systems.
Sorry.
Impossible to take someone who could write such tripe seriously.
Rather than tripe, I regard that sentence as a succinct summary of the social situation.
"Consider the sum total of human knowledge, as meager as it may be in the vastness of the universe. I cannot, no matter how much I want to, however hard I try, begin to process, understand, and store even a single percentage of that knowledge."
Most frustrating. Consider people close to death still attempting to learn. To what end? Insatiable curiousity or deeper understanding of life after death.
Remember, also, it was not until the early 20th century that the work of Edward Bernays allowed Authorities to organize manipulation and improve social engineering.
Yeah, lakecity55, as psychology became more scientific, in the sense of double checking to see what worked, the main thing that was applied to do, as far as money spent to do that, was advertising ... which became more and more scientific manipulation of people's emotions, in order to trick them to behave in even more foolish ways.
I always say that 99% of psychology has been applied to make people become more insane, rather than saner. Knowledge has been applied to grow the social pyramid systems BIGGER, despite the overall design science of doing that is itself insane. Indeed, almost all the progress in science and technology gets applied to advance purposes which are not scientific, but rather more psychotic.
That is the paradox that Einstein experienced intensely during his lifetime, when most of his German scientist acquaintances got caught up in developing better weapons. Like one of Einstein's earlier best friends was one of the chemists who developed the use of chlorine gas during World War I.
This paradox of society being controlled by lies backed up with violence, which gets amplified to astronomical sizes by a few people developing deeper scientific truths, is the worst threat to the future survival of human beings. The problem is that people like Bernays, who developed Public Relations, with tricks like getting women to start smoking tobacco as "Liberty Torches," were very successful, and paid very well for succeeding at doing those kinds of things.
North Americans became the most scientifically brainwashed people there have ever been, which psychological conditioning is behind WHY there are the runaway phenomena enabled like those in this article by George Washington. The greatest intelligence and diligence was employed to turn other people into fools. As always, the short-term was great, but the longer term consequences are going to become too extremely tragic to be able to imagine!