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[–]Node 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

Not if people wake up.

I'm skeptical of the implied binary nature of awareness and non-awareness in the "wake up" meme.

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    [–]Node 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuOxG-rnj30

    Old video I just received that seems to cover the problem. Only just started it before this reply, but check it out. (Watched more, wow.)

    Yes, the odds are fairly damning. I looked into "how the world really works" back in the 70s, and the 'cabal' was already all powerful. That was before computers were very useful, and someone had just invented an electronic calculator that could literally add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

    So not only are the human crops they produce today far dumber than ever, the tech is many orders of magnitude greater. I don't believe humans have a chance in hell to escape their feedlots.

    And so, while people have about zero chance of breaking their control, they'll probably be happier at least if they believe they can.

    Reminds me of a rat study I recently read. They put rats in a container full of water they couldn't escape, and it took them around an hour to give up and drown. Next they did the same, but rescued the rats just as they went under. Then they put them back in the container. This time it took them around 80 hours before they gave up and drowned.

    • To each his suff'rings: all are men,
    • Condemn'd alike to groan,
    • The tender for another's pain;
    • Th' unfeeling for his own.
    • Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
    • Since sorrow never comes too late,
    • And happiness too swiftly flies.
    • Thought would destroy their paradise.
    • No more; where ignorance is bliss,
    • 'Tis folly to be wise.

    source

    *fixed italics

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      [–]Foidblaster9000 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

      [–][deleted]  (5 children)

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        [–]Foidblaster9000 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

        https://www.jstor.org/stable/4366204

        I would link you a copy of the pdf if you didn't have an option, but it's got my ip address all over it on each page. I can see if there's a work around other than screenshotting each page. If you've got suggestions, I'm all ears. @ u/node

        [–]Node 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

        https://www.jstor.org/stable/4366204

        Found here for free: https://sci-hub.ru/10.2307/4366204

        Here is the sci-hub entry point, with all their backup addresses, and an extension I haven't checked out yet. https://sci-hub.41610.org/

        [–]Yin 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

        That PaperPanda extension is great! u/Foidblaster9000

        [–]Foidblaster9000 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

        Thanks for linking me on this.