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gknoy
on June 25, 2013
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Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype...
"Strength", "purity", "glory", "purged". It's frightening that people frame their thoughts in that way, as that bears remarkable parallels to the beginnings (and vocabulary) of some of the most horrific things in history.
juhanima
on June 25, 2013
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Exactly! Recommended reading: Historical group fantasies by Lloyd deMause, from the Foundations of Psychohistory.
http://www.psychohistory.com/htm/p172x200.htm
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