Dont be afraid to enjoy the sarcasm or irony or whatever in the opening paragraphs, its completely well done. ;) Excerpt: ... Seriously now, why is it that infectious disease and terrorism provoke such hysteria in the media, whereas the threat of a nuclear accident – which is far more likely – is downplayed? Let me offer a rule to predict what gets pumped up and what gets ignored: If the crisis provides ready means to increase the amount of control over society, it gets played up. If it is a crisis that defies our technologies of control, and especially if it is crisis that reveals the futility of control, then it is hidden away. I am not claiming a conscious conspiracy among the power elite to use ebola as an excuse to tighten their control over society, but it certainly plays out that way: any crisis that can be used as a pretext for more control, will be. ...
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:38:45 +0000
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