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“Totalitarianism and technocracy like to present themselves as the pinnacle of rationality and science.”

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Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism

Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism

“The fact the the human being is like a flower that only blooms when it can enjoy the shade of privacy once in a while is of minor importance in a technocratic worldview. Anyone who refuses to go along with the system lacks civic sense, considers oneself more important than the collective. Your health is no longer your personal business, because some diseases are contagious.”

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Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism

Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism

“The first thing totalitarian leaders do is make sure their voices are the only ones left.”

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Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism

Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism

“With its sign system, totalitarianism tries to imprint its logic on reality, to permanently link it to the real world. Importantly, the assignment of signs and stigmas is usually the first step in the process of destruction.”

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Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism

Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism

“Experimentation on humans is the prototypical activity of totalitarianism. It is the ultimate submission of reality to the pseudoscientific ideological fiction.”

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Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism

Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism