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Just summing up the paradigm of needing to control the masses by preventing people from doing things that people will inevitably do. You can't stop people from
by not_a_cop75 7y ago
Just summing up the paradigm of needing to control the masses by preventing people from doing things that people will inevitably do. You can't stop people from talking.
You can stop people from talking publicly.
People will break and do harm to others, but having a vehicle to know what that harm might be in advance is invaluable.
- vorpalhex 7y agoSociety would be much easier to control if we simply kept all the people in cages and let them out occasionally to work for the good of the people. On the other hand, it wouldn't be much of a society now, would it?
- not_a_cop75 7y agoThat is entirely my point. Thank you. On the other hand, we're already in cages. The difference is that in modern society, nobody realizes they are caged. That makes all the difference.
- Retra 7y agoThis cage metaphor really doesn't work when the 'cage' is big enough to allow international travel completely within its confines.