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1 " Who controls the words controls your thoughts. "
― , Binding Chaos: Mass Collaboration on a Global Scale
2 " Direct democracy is lazy anarchy, for people who don't want to be governed but are too lazy to govern themselves. They want participation served to them. "
3 " All ponzi schemes are upheld by a centripetal force caused by those orbiting the circles of power, celebrity and wealth and trying to get in. When the ponzi scheme reaches its point of maximum growth, the force disperses and the ponzi scheme collapses. "
4 " All of society’s problems which could be solved by money, were caused by money. "
5 " Human rights don't trickle down. "
6 " Functional societies need algorithms which reward us for being of service to those who need it most. Instead we have algorithms which reward us for being of service to those who need it least "
7 " Where there is society, there is no need for charity. "
8 " Self-governance does not mean no one is responsible. It means everyone is. "
9 " We are in a prison of our own minds holding our own chains around us. We create our oligarchs and fight for their right to oppress us. "
10 " The single greatest tool for making moral people commit atrocities is group affiliation. The single greatest tool for promoting global human rights and equality is to end group affiliation. "
11 " Your worst enemy is not the person in opposition to you. It is the person occupying the spot you would be fighting from and doing nothing. "
12 " Between reaction and revolution there is nothing to choose. Neither leave the track, they just allow different people to drive while the same people are run over. "
13 " Ponzi schemes don’t trickle down, they siphon up. "
14 " It is not revolution we need, another turn of the same wheel along the same path, it is resistance. "
― Heather Marsh, , Binding Chaos: Mass Collaboration on a Global Scale
15 " While a capitalist who invests in anything that produces income is entitled to a return on investment, women who produced the entire work force are entitled to none. "
16 " Between 2010 and 2012, Wikileaks was possibly the largest political megaphone in the world, and I had what was effectively an exclusive ability to provide human rights and political content to that megaphone. "
17 " There are four elements of a healthy self: a personal membrane, euphoria, euphoric conduits and a drive to exosocial expansion. The obstacles to creating this self are endosocial membranes. "
18 " Wars are told from the point of view of arms dealers and politicians, disasters are interpreted by NGO’s, most issues are never covered at all. Official channels decide what will or will not be revealed and media are rewarded for their obedience by access to more official information. "
19 " We can tell the revolution has failed every time we look around and see the fraternity sitting astride the ideals of the voiceless and promising to ride them to a different place this time. "
20 " What is the difference between a terrorist and a soldier? The actions are now identical, both act to produce terror, so probably the only standing difference is that terrorists are non-government agencies. Remember that. "