Krish Rao

“Man’s mental laziness, his resistance to the hard labour of thinking, makes it relatively easy for Totalitaria’s dictator to bring his subjects into acceptance of the Big Lie.”
― Joost A.M. Meerloo, The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing

“The choice of topics, the shaping of information, the basic assumptions, and so on fall within a fairly narrow spectrum which tends to be highly supportive of state and corporate power. -Noam Chomsky, about the Media:”
― -Noam Chomsky

“Baloney, bamboozles, careless thinking, flimflam, and wishes disguised as facts are not restricted to parlor magic and ambiguous advice on matters of the heart. Unfortunately, they ripple through mainstream political, social, religious, and economic issues in every nation.

-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World. P. 244”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“In other words, the individual citizen becomes a parrot, repeating ready-made slogans and propaganda catchwords without understanding what they really mean, or what forces stand behind them.”
― Joost A.M. Meerloo, The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing