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“In times of war or crisis, power is easily stolen from the many by the few on a promise of security. The more elusive the or imaginary the foe, the better for manufacturing consent.”

Book:A Short History Of Progress

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A Short History Of Progress

This book delves into the evolution of human civilization, analyzing the advancements and challenges that have shaped our world. more

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Ronald Wright

Ronald Wright is a renowned Canadian author known for his historical novels and essays. His works often delve into the relationship between humans and nature, as well as profound insights into the course of human civilization. more

“All dynamic societies founded their success on two production processes that unfolded in parallel: the manufacturing of a surplus and the manufacturing of consent (regarding its distribution). However, the feedback between the two processes grew to new heights in the Age of Capital. The rise of commodification, which also led to the flourishing of finance, coincided with a subtler, more powerful, form of consent. And here lies a delicious paradox: consent grew more powerful the more economic life was financialized. And as finance grew in importance, the more prone our societies became to economic crises. Hence the interesting observation that modern societies tend to produce both more consent and more violent crises.”

Capitalism Financial Crisis Manufacturing Consent

Book:The Global Minotaur: America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy

Source: The Global Minotaur: America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy

“To say that a poet is justified in employing a disintegrating form in order to express a feeling of disintegration, is merely a sophistical justification for bad poetry, akin to the Whitmanian notion that one must write loose and sprawling poetry to "express" the loose and sprawling American continent. In fact, all feeling, if one gives oneself (that is, one's form) up to it, is a way of disintegration; poetic form is by definition a means to arrest the disintegration and order the feeling; and in so far as any poetry tends toward the formless, it fails to be expressive of anything.”

Poetry Order Disintegration Fallacy Of Imitative Form

Author:Yvor Winters

“Me resulta complicado escribir sobre mi vida, porque no sè cuánto recuerdo y cuánto es producto de mi imaginación;la estricta verdad puede ser tediosa y por eso, sin darme ni cuenta, la cambio o la exagero, pero me he propuesto corregir ese defecto y mentir lo menos posible en el futuro.”

Sincerity Verdad Mentira Imaginación

Book:El cuaderno de Maya

Source: El cuaderno de Maya

“Aclararé lo que entiendo por «mentira», que no sólo es tergiversar a sabiendas aquello que consideramos verdad, sino pricipalmente escamoteársela a quienes tienen derecho a esperarla de nosotros sobre determinados asuntos.”