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“Information is shock resistance. Arm yourself.”

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Naomi Klein is a Canadian author and activist recognized for her work on social justice and environmental issues. Born on May 8, 1970, she has authored several influential books that have gained international acclaim. more

“We have to grasp, as Marx and Adam Smith did, that corporations are not concerned with the common good. They exploit, pollute, impoverish, repress, kill, and lie to make money. They throw poor people out of homes, let the uninsured die, wage useless wars for profit, poison and pollute the ecosystem, slash social assistance programs, gut public education, trash the global economy, plunder the U.S. Treasury and crush all popular movements that seek justice for working men and women. They worship money and power.”

“Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It purports to cherish democracy, patriotism, and the Constitution while manipulating internal levers.”

Doe States Leader Democracy Expression Constitution Corporate Internals Cherish Totalitarianism Anonymity Charismatic Levers Inverted

Book:Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

Source: Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

“The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them—violence.”

Speak Language Violence Violent Palestinian Subjugation

Author:Chris Hedges

“The greatest danger that besets us does not come from believers or atheists; it comes from those who, under the guise of religion, science or reason, imagine that we can free ourselves from the limitations of human nature and perfect the human species.”

Humans Doe Reason Perfect Imagine Human Nature Danger Species Atheist Believer Limitation Imagine That Guise Human Species Science Religion

Author:Chris Hedges

“The split in America, rather than simply economic, is between those who embrace reason, who function in the real world of cause and effect, and those who, numbed by isolation and despair, now seek meaning in a mythical world of intuition, a world that is no longer reality-based, a world of magic.”

World Real Reason Reality America Causes Magic Economic Effects Despair Function Embrace Intuition Isolation Real World Splits Cause And Effect

Book:American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America

Source: American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America

“The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear means we will not ask unpleasant questions of those in power. Fear permits the government to operate in secret. Fear means we are willing to give up our rights and liberties for promises of security. The imposition of fear ensures that the corporations that wrecked the country cannot be challenged. Fear keeps us penned in like livestock.”

Source: Death of the Liberal Class

“The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.”

War Battle Drug Addiction Hurt Locker

Author:Chris Hedges

“It is one of the great ironies of corporate control that the corporate state needs the abilities of intellectuals to maintain power, yet outside of this role it refuses to permit intellectuals to think or function independently.”

Thinking Needs States Ability Roles Function Refuse Corporate Irony Permit Corporatism

Book:Death of the Liberal Class

Source: Death of the Liberal Class

“In the beginning war looks and feels like love. But unlike love it gives nothing in return but an ever-deepening dependence, like all narcotics, on the road to self-destruction. It does not affirm but places upon us greater and greater demands. It destroys the outside world until it is hard to live outside war's grip. It takes a higher and higher dose to achieve any thrill. Finally, one ingests war only to remain numb.”

Source: War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning

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