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The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
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Cognitive Biases
Illusion of control – the tendency to believe that outcomes can be controlled, or at least influenced, when they clearly cannot.
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Conflict and Conciliation: Faith and Politics in an Age of Global Dissonance

Despite the peaceful foundations of global monotheistic religions, the broad diversity of interpretations can lead to a sharp paradox regarding the use of force. Inevitably, we must ask ourselves: How can those who ascribe to peaceful beliefs suspend their own moral foundation to beat the drums of war? ... read more








