Modern authority is based on a system of lies that are accepted by the general population. If you pull away… — John Twelve Hawks
Modern authority is based on a system of lies that are accepted by the general population. If you pull away the curtain and show the reality of power, people are motivated to question the fictions that govern their own lives.
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