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Who said "Tell me who you cannot criticize and I will identify your master"

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Voltaire

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https://www.reuters.com › article › factcheck-voltaire-quote-idUSL1N2UE2LM

Fact Check-'To learn who rules over you' quote wrongly attributed to ...

Feb 3, 2022The quote, which reads, "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize," was quickly identified by some users online as a quote by Kevin Alfred Strom....

https://www.goodreads.com › quotes › 9920704-if-you-want-to-know-who-rules-over-you-look

"If you want to know who rules over you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize." ― George Orwell

https://checkyourfact.com › 2019 › 10 › 02 › fact-check-voltaire-learn-rule-allowed-criticize

FACT CHECK: Did Voltaire Say, 'To Learn Who Rules Over You, Simply Find ...

A post shared on Facebook claims that French philosopher Voltaire once stated, "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." Verdict:

False There is no evidence that Voltaire ever said this. It appears to have originated with white nationalist writer Kevin Alfred Strom. Fact Check:

https://www.goodreads.com › quotes › 8043441-to-learn-who-rules-over-you-simply-look-to-those

So.... I thought it was Voltaire too---as that was the only attribution I had heard. But now I know not. That is, what or whom to believe.

No matter, it is a valid quote to ponder.

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"The fact is, the majority of politicians and bureaucrats vie for wealth and power that they could never acquire by their own talents — in exchange for doing the bidding of the rich and powerful. "

But they delude themselves that they are so talented that the rich and powerful employ them for their expertise, knowledge, and sophistication.

I have seen this so much that I should carry around little packets of Kool-Aid for them.

You can tell when you are made an offer to sell yourself. Nobody ever came close to my self-assessed value. But I have done one-off temporary jobs for appropriate remuneration.

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"Sigmund Freud’s development of phychoanalysis" demonstrated that there was a wide desire to oppose sexual repression - and thus use it as a tool.

His nephew Edward Bernays also worked to determine the root of animal desire as a means of motivating humans.

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A very good journey down the historical memory lanes .Thank you .

I am lead to think ,the more the world changes the more it remains the same .

Same s**t different pile .

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all history is like a s**t sandwich....you only see the outer bread! omg the hypocrisy hidden in ALL history. the hypocrisy! I never knew about Cheka being a unifying explanatory variable behind both stalin and hitler. s**t sandwich!

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"In the intelligentsia I should say they result rather from money and mere physical safety."

The illusion that money provides total physical safety as a fundamental right. Not perfect, but it does work pretty good.

Not as good as the physical safety enjoyed in a video game.

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may I ask what PSEC stands for? thanks

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P = Number of People in the world

S = Services consumed per person

E = Energy consumed per service

C = CO2 Produced per unit energy.

CO2 = Total Global CO2 Production

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thank you so much!

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note: Bill Gates himself is beneficiary of Huuuuge increases in power consumption per capita.....the cloud of CO2 is the cloud.

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