“Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.” WholeIndividualDisciplinePrisonPursueJailMechanismElsewhereSelf Discipline Author:Michel Foucault
“The integrative tendencies of the individual operate through the mechanisms of empathy, sympathy, projection, introjection, identification, worship- all of which make him feel that he is a part of some larger entity which transcends the boundaries of the individual self. This psychological urge to belong, to participate, to commune is as primary and real as its opposite. The all-important question is the nature of that higher entity of which the individual feels himself a part.” FeelsImportantRealSelfIndividualSocietyHigherWorshipEmpathyOppositesBoundariesTendenciesPsychologicalPrimariesUrgesMechanismEntityProjectionIdentificationImportant QuestionsCommunes Author:Arthur Koestler
“Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority.” MenActionPoliticalPurposeIndividualAuthorityPsychologicalObedienceLinksMechanismCement Book:Obedience to Authority Source: Obedience to Authority
“By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator.” PeopleGovernmentIndividualForceWealthCitizensCreaturesClaimsPropertyCharityCreatorHarmDefenseMechanismExceedTheftReluctantServitudeInvoluntaryActs Of Charity Book:The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner Source: The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner