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[AlicetheKurious]

But there is an apocalyptic "catch," and to his credit, Mackinder saw it, and in seeing it, he strongly implicates the possibilities of apocalyptic social engineering to create just such a World Empire out of Huntington's Clash of Civilizations:

That is the key.

[MacCruiskeen]

Though science is supposed to be a neutral methodology for acquiring reliable knowledge, in the real world it’s weighted down by ideology: reality is matter under the control of timeless equations. If science has a metaphysics, it’s materialism incoherently joined at the hip with mathematical idealism. LINK

[Nordic]

Another quietly terrifying quote from Jung:

"There are hardly any exceptions to the rule that a person must pay dearly for the divine gift of the creative fire."

[Nordic]

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" -- Anais Nin

[Nordic]

The biggest conspiracy theory perpetuated by all kinds of politicians, by all major news outlets, and all kinds of publications, including educational and scholarly is this: That currently, during the second decade of XXI century, US and its NATO allies are these noble and benevolent forces behind the fight against barbarism, tyranny, oppression, superstition, and all other evils in the world.

It is really mind-boggling how many people believe in this theory. Much more than all the UFOs, Reptilians, 9/11, Rothschilds, Holocaust-denying, ZOG-affirming, Holodomor-proclaiming, combined.

-- Vladimir Golstein

[chump]

"There's nothing worse than a late blooming philosopher"

- Game of Thrones

[chump]

"You may not be wise as an owl, but you'll always be a hoot to me."

The Spy

[Burnt Hill]

[Elihu]

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[MinM]

Rehavam Ze'evi: "My job in life is to eat, make war and fuck."

[MinM]

I’m sure people who work for Facebook don’t believe that they’re working for the company that will destroy the world. But, you know, they are. And everyone gets through the day rationalizing their own existence. ~ Jonathan Nolan

[Iamwhomiam]

"There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest... and this public passion must be superior to all private passions."
- John Adams, 1776

[Nordic]

"You're about to graduate into a complex and borderless world."

John Kerry, 2016 commencement speech

[Elihu]

I've never had a problem with drugs. I have had problems with the police--KR

[MinM]