http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
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http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/07/Columns/From_Tommy_Fr...
It was the Nine Years' War in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World that
facilitated the seizure of power by the world reformers who then took
control of nearly all human and social development. In 1984, George
Orwell described Oceania as in a constant state of war with a
changeable enemy who "always represented absolute evil." These
inventors of the great dystopias understood the way governments use
war and its associative fear and instability to consolidate power.
Despotism thrives on insecurity. Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs
puts safety right behind food, water and sleep. Humans naturally crave
stability and are willing to sacrifice values such as liberty in its
pursuit.
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