"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum." -Noam Chomsky
930 152 comments 2013-03-24 collectivecognition in r/conspiracy
Arbitrary modding shaping the narrative: Submit link to /r/politics about U.S. drone campaign on the world stage, "wrong subreddit". Submit to /r/worldnews about a world event involving the U.S., get banned. How convenient that the same mods are on both subs, perfect strategy to narrow the debate.
75 30 comments 2013-11-22 collectivecognition in r/conspiracy
I'm not even going to waste my time appealing to the mods, it's all pretty flagrant. /r/CanadaPolitics removes article on zionism in Canada and /r/politics removes the 'I helped destroy Fallujah' story...
75 17 comments 2014-01-11 collectivecognition in r/conspiracy
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: "To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed, legislated at, regulated, docketed, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, assessed, weighed, censored, ordered about, by men who have neither the right, nor the knowledge, nor the virtue..."
39 2 comments 2013-02-21 collectivecognition in r/conspiracy