Extra (Tag: deception)https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/tag/deception/output/atom/2013-08-09T14:14:38+02:00#2026Chris Hedgeshttps://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/2026/2013-08-09T14:14:38+02:00<blockquote>Those captive to images cast ballots based on how candidates make them feel. They vote for a slogan, a smile, perceived sincerity, and attractiveness, along with the carefully crafted personal narrative of the candidate. It is style and story, not content and fact, that inform mass politics.<div class=source><div class=author title=Author><a href="https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/quotes/tag/deception/author/Chris Hedges/">Chris Hedges</a></div><div title=Source>"Empire of Illusion"</div></div></blockquote>#1965Herbert Marcusehttps://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/1965/2013-08-03T03:40:21+02:00<blockquote>Behind the technological veil, behind the political veil of democracy reality shows itself: the universal servitude, the loss of human dignity with prefabricated freedom of choice. And the power structure does not appear 'sublimated' anymore in the style of a liberalist culture, not even hypocritical (so that it at least retains the 'formality', the husk of dignity), but brutal, in that it abandons all claim to truth and justice.<div class=source><div class=author title=Author><a href="https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/quotes/tag/deception/author/Herbert Marcuse/">Herbert Marcuse</a></div><div title=Source>"Konterrevolution & Revolte" (1973)</div></div></blockquote>#1676Julian Assangehttps://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/1676/2013-04-20T04:15:30+02:00<blockquote>Most wars in the 20th century have started as a result of lies. Amplified and spread by the mainstream press. And you go, well that is a horrible circumstance, that is terrible that all these wars start with lies. And I say no, this is a tremendous opportunity, because it means that populations basically don't like wars and they have to be lied into it.<div class=source><div class=author title=Author><a href="https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/quotes/tag/deception/author/Julian Assange/">Julian Assange</a></div></div></blockquote>#1281Voltairehttps://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/1281/2013-02-24T21:39:36+01:00<blockquote>Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.<div class=source><div class=author title=Author><a href="https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/quotes/tag/deception/author/Voltaire/">Voltaire</a></div></div></blockquote>#1051Noam Chomskyhttps://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/1051/2013-02-10T22:32:29+01:00<blockquote>Modern industrial civilization has developed within a certain system of convenient myths. The driving force of modern industrial civilization has been individual material gain, which is accepted as legitimate, even praiseworthy, on the grounds that private vices yield public benefits, in the classic formulation. Now, it has long been understood, very well, that a society that is based on this principle will destroy itself in time. It can only persist, with whatever suffering and injustice that it entails, as long as it is possible to pretend that the destructive forces that humans create are limited, that the world is an infinite resource, and that the world is an infinite garbage can.
At this stage of history either one of two things is possible. Either the general population will take control of its own destiny and will concern itself with community interests, guided by values of solidarity, sympathy and concern for others, or alternatively there will be no destiny for anyone to control. As long as some specialized class is in a position of authority, it is going to set policy in the special interests that it serves. But the conditions of survival, let alone justice, require rational social planning in the interests of the community as a whole, and by now that means the global community. The question is whether privileged elite should dominate mass communication and should use this power as they tell us they must - namely to impose necessary illusions, to manipulate and deceive the stupid majority and remove them from the public arena.
The question in brief, is whether democracy and freedom are values to be preserved or threats to be avoided. In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than values to be treasured; they may well be essential to survival.<div class=source><div class=author title=Author><a href="https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/quotes/tag/deception/author/Noam Chomsky/">Noam Chomsky</a></div><div title=Source><a class="wrap" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent:_Noam_Chomsky_and_the_Media">Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)</a></div></div></blockquote>#817James Thurberhttps://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/817/2012-07-30T18:14:17+02:00<blockquote>There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.<div class=source><div class=author title=Author><a href="https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/quotes/tag/deception/author/James Thurber/">James Thurber</a></div></div></blockquote>#806Nick Bardsleyhttps://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/806/2012-07-30T15:07:12+02:00<blockquote>Whenever people think of Orwell today they usually think also of security cameras and ‘Big Brother’. Orwell represents much more than that. He saw that language and writing can be perverted to deceive people rather than inform them. If we remember that single lesson then his legacy will remain secure.<div class=source><div class=author title=Author><a href="https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/quotes/tag/deception/author/Nick Bardsley/">Nick Bardsley</a></div><div title=Source><a class="wrap" href="http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/articles/col-funny.htm">Orwell is funny</a></div></div></blockquote>#759Francois de La Rochefoucauldhttps://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/759/2012-07-30T10:24:20+02:00<blockquote>We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.<div class=source><div class=author title=Author><a href="https://littleliberry.org/autonomy/a/extra/quotes/tag/deception/author/Francois de La Rochefoucauld/">Francois de La Rochefoucauld</a></div></div></blockquote>