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Agis
October 4th, 2004, 01:08 PM
"...we shall be in a position as from time to time may be required to excite or to tranquilize the public mind on political questions, to persuade or confuse, printing now truth, now lies, facts or their contradictions, according as they may be well or ill received, always very cautiously.


I propose a list of Meaningless, Jargonistic Mindtraps (MJMs) to be avoided. The writer inevitably relys on nonsensical, pre-conditioning in order to be understood by his 'intended' audience. Outside the propasphere, totalitarian props have only half of their 'intended' meaning. There's no one in the know, that you know...

MJM JIBBERISH:
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1. Individualism
2. Socialism
3. Liberalism
4. Conservatism
5. Left/Right
6. Anti-Semitism
7. Objectivism
8. Subjectivism
9. Racism
10. Libertarianism


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"Nationalism" is all of these things. It is the sum pattern of ideas that they wish to obscure, divide and eliminate....

Renewal
October 4th, 2004, 05:33 PM
Please go on. Perhaps I'm a bit slow today but I'm not sure I get where you're going with this.

Questions:

Given your list, and your comment on Nationalism, is there any "ism" you approve of, and why?

If not, then please explain how we proceed without any ideology at all.

What do you mean by: "Outside the propasphere, totalitarian props have only half of their 'intended' meaning. There's no one in the know, that you know..."?