The greatest human tragedy of all time

[Paradox]

You never cease to amaze me, pizzaguy.

[Xipe Totec]

I think Askthepizzaguy has more or less hit the nail on the head. There has been a constant struggle between ideas and ideologies throughout human history. People have been kept divided to serve the ends of the elite who rule. Their most powerful tool has always been ignorance and falsehood. Their greatest fear is the spread of truth and knowledge.

If enough people know enough about enough the big lies will crumble in the face of the realisation of what is really quite obvious to many of us now. There is no such thing as a race and never was. Learning enough about anthropology and genetics makes that obvious. There is no logical reason to expect an afterlife, but it sure helps the few to cheat the many. Nations are simply arbitrary divisions thrown up by historical accidents, not some expression of a unique biological identity. Competition between economies is not some inevitable Darwinian process, rather it is some twisted game of roulette to amuse the ruling classes and ignores the misery and frustration heaped upon the majority of humanity.

However it is not inevitable that we will remain ignorant forever. They control as much of the media as possible and daily brainwash the masses with advertising and propaganda. That's why most people wish only to believe what they are told, do what they are told, buy what they are told, and reap the rich rewards of over-eating and over-borrowing.

Perhaps the internet will prove to be the greatest tool ever devised for spreading counter arguments which unite people and enrich their lives. People may one day comprehend what marvels they are and how much happier we all could be if we work together for the good of all rather than against one another for the benefit of a few. I'd like to hope that will be the future for humanity, because the alternative is escalating strife over dwindling resources and perhaps a holocaust of a world war we may not survive.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Bravo!

Bravissimo! I wish the internet were the tool of bringing people together, but I see it equally a method of tearing people apart. The information age is at odds with the propaganda age. Separating fiction from truth is the key which will unlock this chaotic knot of lies, and allow people to see things from a very similarly objective viewpoint.

That will unite us... objectivity. Skepticism. Reasonable doubt.

Think like a scientist who is unravelling the mysteries of the universe, and we may yet penetrate the eternal fog.