Power And Truth

arabaliozian · Valued Contributor Posts: 324

July 9, 2010
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POWEER AND TRUTH
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Power will listen to truth only if it (truth) can be exploited.
Which amounts to saying,
only in so far as truth may serve a lie.
When I speak of truth, I include God.
And I am not talking in terms of theoretical abstractions here.
I am talking about history; and more particularly
the bloody history of organized religions,
about which Voltaire said:
“Since it was a religious war, there were no survivors.”
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A true atheist is not one who denies His existence,
but one who exploits the idea of God to serve the Devil.
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You think I have a suspicious mind?
Read James Joyce who saw deception and charlatanism everywhere,
including Freud and Jung, who, said he,
enjoy some degree of popularity
with the “yung [who are] easily freudened.”
But when his (Joyce's) daughter developed a mental illness,
he sought Jung's help who was of no help.
Which may suggest that even those who warn us against deceivers
are themselves vulnerable to deception.
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To be taken in by smart operators is bad enough.
What is infinitely worse is to be taken in by idiots.
I speak from experience.
If I ever write an autobiography,
I suspect the longest chapter in it will be
about idiots who deceived me – or rather,
were smart enough to see my vulnerabilities and weaknesses
and I was idiotic enough to make them visible.
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SMORGASBORD · Valued Contributor Posts: 349

Most people live their lives, happily, merrily, unknowingly being a part of someone else's fight.

What have Humans been fighting for over millenia?

Starts with a P and ends in -ower.

This world will know peace only when there has been an established, absolute power ruling over all of Humanity.

arabaliozian · Valued Contributor Posts: 324

what kind of peace?
absolute power corrupts absolutely.
according to a roman historian:
they make a desert and call it peace.