http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/ "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." - Philip K Dick Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/comment-page-1/#comment-34 oscar Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:25:00 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/#comment-34 In the end these totalitarian dictatorships have used desperate situations to gain power, I dont think you could convice people in a time of stability to vote for a Fascist or Communist regime. To stop this from happening we have to help the countrie s in need. Another point thats been said for 50 years. In the end these totalitarian dictatorships have used desperate situations to gain power, I dont think you could convice people in a time of stability to vote for a Fascist or Communist regime. To stop this from happening we have to help the countrie s in need. Another point thats been said for 50 years.

]]> http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/comment-page-1/#comment-33 oscar Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:15:00 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/#comment-33 I do see where your coming from, but I think with such good commuications such as the internet it makes propaganda very hard, also it helps open our eyes to the full story, which helps us see when the moment is true all this means we often are not ignorant to the facts. With the true facts a picture can be put together. Although we would never know what are true facts are without seeing them ourselves. How are we to know what we are seeing is true if we know the government is trying to convince us? I do see where your coming from, but I think with such good commuications such as the internet it makes propaganda very hard, also it helps open our eyes to the full story, which helps us see when the moment is true all this means we often are not ignorant to the facts. With the true facts a picture can be put together. Although we would never know what are true facts are without seeing them ourselves. How are we to know what we are seeing is true if we know the government is trying to convince us?

]]> http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Oscar Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:55:00 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/#comment-32 Just like to point out that these fear techniques were also used in Russia before the Nazis came along. And yes the driving force of these techniques is ignorance and the governments use of very intelligent propaganda. Just like to point out that these fear techniques were also used in Russia before the Nazis came along. And yes the driving force of these techniques is ignorance and the governments use of very intelligent propaganda.

]]> http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Suzy M Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:44:00 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2006/04/15/chchchanges/#comment-31 I think this particular quote accurately portrays how power can be gained through the fear felt by another individual, how certain political regimes feed on this unfortunate weakness of a human's character. The astonishing thing is that people have not yet learnt that history has repeated itself time and time again. Regimes that declare to oppose one another, such as Fascism and Communism, are scarily similar - especially in their propaganda and the resulting effects of their time in power. Yet people have failed to recognise the signs of corruption and the totalitarian power. Perhaps we are right to say that humans do not truly evolve - leaders have essentially always sought the same goal and the 'masses' have been repeatedly deceived by such leaders, or have let themselves be deceived. How can we know that a revolutionary moment is truly happening? Only with hindsight can we observe any kind of evolution or change, and by that time it is too late. I think this particular quote accurately portrays how power can be gained through the fear felt by another individual, how certain political regimes feed on this unfortunate weakness of a human’s character. The astonishing thing is that people have not yet learnt that history has repeated itself time and time again. Regimes that declare to oppose one another, such as Fascism and Communism, are scarily similar - especially in their propaganda and the resulting effects of their time in power. Yet people have failed to recognise the signs of corruption and the totalitarian power. Perhaps we are right to say that humans do not truly evolve - leaders have essentially always sought the same goal and the ‘masses’ have been repeatedly deceived by such leaders, or have let themselves be deceived. How can we know that a revolutionary moment is truly happening? Only with hindsight can we observe any kind of evolution or change, and by that time it is too late.

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