"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
Hannah Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German historian and philosopher.
The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any. Arendt's extensive body of work includes many nuanced discussions on truth, lies, and the nature of totalitarianism, and this quote reflects themes from her writing on totalitarianism and the nature of truthI speak American English, so my pronunciation sounds like, “I” RAN and “I” RACK. Carte blanche
Re: Liars - shared
Posted by Joe Smith on August 7, 2024, 10:11 am, in reply to "Liars - shared"
Trump lies, Kamala lies, it is just the way it is. Biden lies more than all of them. The voters for the most part are idiots, it's not as though they are so above it all that they deserve not to be lied to.Getting shut out in 3 straight games by the Pirates is quite a feat.
on August 6, 2024, 8:26 pm