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I'm a firm believer that the whole "Terrorism" illusion has been foisted in order to maintain control of increasingly uncontrollable populations (as information

I'm a firm believer that the whole "Terrorism" illusion has been foisted in order to maintain control of increasingly uncontrollable populations (as information is a powerful weapon). I mean, Germany, 1930's, they deflected from the economic woes inflicted by reparations by banging on about communist and jewish terror - and that's just one, small, well-known recent example. This tactic has been applied over and over since hierarchical societies emerged - i.e. forever. I'm sure tribal big men thousands of years ago would go "hey, don't look at me, I didn't make the yams not grow this year, it's those fuckers across the valley, worshipping the wrong gods! Let's get 'em!!!". Same same.

cstross 11y ago
I'm a firm believer that the whole "Terrorism" illusion has been foisted in order to maintain control of increasingly uncontrollable populations (as information is a powerful weapon). Note the way voting patterns are trending in the UK, long term, with both major parties from the historical duopoly now in decline and more people voting for a minority party than for the eventual government. Note the way the UK is being marketed as a hub for international finance and London turned into a dormitory town for global billionaires. Every government since Bloody Sunday has been worried about public insurrection somewhere, to some extent: arguably the UK is in a long-term trend towards what used to be called a pre-revolutionary situation, as the interests of the general populace and the elite diverge. (The real solution is a sustained dose of Piketty's proposed wealth tax, and any other measures necessary to reduce the widening Gini coefficient, but neither the Conservative or Labour parties, which are both in hock to the capital accumulators, are able to address the problem effectively.)
- SixSigma 11y ago
  Britain has an offshore tax haven in a square mile of its capital city and it's not new or even modern. http://treasureislands.org/ http://treasureislands.org/
richmarr 11y ago
Well you can hardly blame them, the yam gods have really similar names and a downright byzantine rota system.

I'm a firm believer that the whole "Terrorism" illusion has been foisted in order to maintain control of increasingly uncontrollable populations (as information is a powerful weapon). I mean, Germany, 1930's, they deflected from the economic woes inflicted by reparations by banging on about communist and jewish terror - and that's just one, small, well-known recent example. This tactic has been applied over and over since hierarchical societies emerged - i.e. forever. I'm sure tribal big men thousands of years ago would go "hey, don't look at me, I didn't make the yams not grow this year, it's those fuckers across the valley, worshipping the wrong gods! Let's get 'em!!!". Same same.

cstross 11y ago

I'm a firm believer that the whole "Terrorism" illusion has been foisted in order to maintain control of increasingly uncontrollable populations (as information is a powerful weapon). Note the way voting patterns are trending in the UK, long term, with both major parties from the historical duopoly now in decline and more people voting for a minority party than for the eventual government. Note the way the UK is being marketed as a hub for international finance and London turned into a dormitory town for global billionaires. Every government since Bloody Sunday has been worried about public insurrection somewhere, to some extent: arguably the UK is in a long-term trend towards what used to be called a pre-revolutionary situation, as the interests of the general populace and the elite diverge. (The real solution is a sustained dose of Piketty's proposed wealth tax, and any other measures necessary to reduce the widening Gini coefficient, but neither the Conservative or Labour parties, which are both in hock to the capital accumulators, are able to address the problem effectively.)

SixSigma 11y ago
Britain has an offshore tax haven in a square mile of its capital city and it's not new or even modern. http://treasureislands.org/ http://treasureislands.org/

richmarr 11y ago

Well you can hardly blame them, the yam gods have really similar names and a downright byzantine rota system.