Israel Tests Powerful Laser System
It is evident that a great majority of men can be enslaved by a small minority only if the enslaved themselves take part in their own enslavement. If people are enslaved, it is only because they either fight violence with violence or participate in violence for their own personal profit. Those who neither struggle against violence nor take part in it can no more be enslaved than water can be cut. They can be robbed, prevented from moving about, wounded or killed, but they cannot be enslaved: that is, made to act against their own reasonable will. (Leo Tolstoi)
We´re running into a lot of new problems today because of what we emphasize in this culture. The word ‘success´ to the average person means earning a lot of money and having a home, two cars, children in college. Success to me is entirely different to what success is to the average person. Success is being a successful human being in terms of pursuing what you believe in. If you believe in making paintings, writing poetry, writing music. If this is what you really want, you´re successful to yourself. But to be successful to your culture means to sell yourself short of what you really want. (Jacque Fresco) [41337]
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to #survival. ― Noam Chomsky
Christianity is a marvelous religion. Too bad it has never been practiced. (Gandhi) [6117]