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Plato's Republic: the Elites have the right to use lies such as Religion for public good

In Plato's Cosmology we saw that there were 3 realms (for Plato they are not definite truths but likely myths used to justify order in the City): the material realm the transcendental realm the ultimate One...

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IMF - International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) describes itself as "an organization of 185 countries, Montenegro being the 185th as of January 18th, 2007, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial...

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1984 - The primary aim of modern continuous warfare: maintain the stability of a hierarchical or pyramidal society. The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives Astounding...

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Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus's father was Daniel Malthus, a person of independent means with literary and scientific interests and who was an acquaintance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. From 1779 to 1781 Thomas Malthus was...

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The Lies of John Edwards

The Lies of John Edwards By JOHN WALSH The apology of John Edwards, former Senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate, for voting for the Iraq war in 2002, has been widely...

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Noam Chomsky openly denied the role of electronic voting fraud

Noam Chomsky openly denied the role of electronic voting fraud in 2000 and the more prominent example of 2004. In 2004, exit polls in Ohio and Florida showed John Kerry winning by a comfortable margin, but...

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