1269 CDC Confirms Extremely Low Covid-19 Death Rate | Technocracy News (archive.is) 😷 LOCKDOWN BS 😷 posted 256 days ago by amethystzephyr 256 days ago by amethystzephyr +1269 / -0 52 comments share 52 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (52) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 5 ▼ – amethystzephyr [S] 5 points 256 days ago +5 / -0 "It's easier to fool a person than to convince them that they have been fooled." Mark Twain permalink save report block reply ▲ 4 ▼ – tholins 4 points 256 days ago +4 / -0 Yup. This is why cults can be so successful. I heard a great quote from somebody who left Scientology - “you trap yourself.” Once you start buying into a particular extreme and false worldview, you have to excuse reality in order to stay in it, and you do it willingly. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – amethystzephyr [S] 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0 With a little help from Edward Bernays and Monarch Programming, of course. "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe permalink save report block reply
"It's easier to fool a person than to convince them that they have been fooled."
Yup.
This is why cults can be so successful.
I heard a great quote from somebody who left Scientology - “you trap yourself.” Once you start buying into a particular extreme and false worldview, you have to excuse reality in order to stay in it, and you do it willingly.
With a little help from Edward Bernays and Monarch Programming, of course.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."