19 JAN 2013 by ideonexus
Post Modernism Leads to Totalitarianism
There is objective truth to be learned by observation, and the knowledge gained gives power that other "ways of knowing" have not. But the more dangerous problem with postmodernist thinking is its a priori nature. Not truth, but a political goal has to be served—in this particular case the goal of openness, or tolerance without judgment. But without acknowledgi objective truth, all arguments become rhetorical and therefore can go on forever—and we are either paralyzed by it or we must res... 1 
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notesWhen facts are relative and belief makes reality, then the best strategy is to hold to your belief uncompromisingly.
31 MAY 2012 by ideonexus
In the Long Run, Ignorance Loses
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education. 1 notes
notesThe truth is truth and no amount of authoritarianism can change it.
28 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
The Conflict of Free Versus Social
The problem of values arises only when men try to fit together their need to be social animals with their need to be free men. There is no problem, and there are no values, until men want to do both. If an anarchist wants only freedom, whatever the cost, he will prefer the jungle of man at war with man. And if a tyrant wants only social order, he will create the totalitarian state. 1 notes
notesAnarchy or Totalitarianism, man can go to either extreme.
10 AUG 2011 by ideonexus
Freedom
The morning comes, the night decays, the watchmen leave their stations; The grave is burst, the spices shed, the linen wrapped up; The bones of death, the cov’ring clay, the sinews shrunk & dry’d Reviving shake, inspiring move, breathing, awakening, Spring like redeemed captives when their bonds & bars are burst. Let the slave grinding at the mill run out into the field, Let him look up into the heavens & laugh in the bright air; Let the inchained soul, shut up in darkness and...Folksonomies: totalitarianism oppression
Folksonomies: totalitarianism oppression
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notesBlake describes freedom from oppression.
10 AUG 2011 by ideonexus
The Eternal Conflict Between Enlightenment and Ignorance
‘There are two great powers,” the man said, “and they’ve been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit. 1 notes
notesA shaman describes a more sophisticated clash than between good and evil, knowledge versus totalitarian ignorance.
09 FEB 2011 by ideonexus
Motorola XOOM Tablet Superbowl XLV Ad
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notesMotorola portrays Apple as the new conformist fad, associating it with 1984.
09 FEB 2011 by ideonexus
1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial
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notesAn old Macintosh commercial, where Apple is the revolution against the conformity of PC's at the time.
