“Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts it becomes an epidemic.”
Source: Quote by Wallace Stevens: “Thought is an infection. In the case of certain…”
No tags for this post.The only real virus
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Some alibi
No tags for this post.The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.
–Albert Camus
Theories
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like this“The real damage is done by those millions who want to ‘survive.’ The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves—or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It’s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.”
- Sophie Scholl, The White Rose
Big lies
Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity.
Marshall McLuhan
This is a repost, but it’s more relevant than ever.
No tags for this post.Actual Twain quote
You can’t change history
One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.
God knows they’re trying.
No tags for this post.End the fraud
No tags for this post.All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
George Orwell
I love you to death
like thisNo tags for this post.The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.
Albert Camus
If it’s happening everywhere known…
like thisre: a national/worldwide mask mandate
No tags for this post.“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.” George Orwell 1984