Abdullah Öcalan (1949) Founder of the PKK
Source: The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (2017), War and Peace in Kurdistan, p.11
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Dark Rooms (2002)
Abdullah Öcalan (1949) Founder of the PKK
Source: The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (2017), War and Peace in Kurdistan, p.11
Kevin Carson (1963) American academic
"The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege" (2011)
Jacque Fresco (1916–2017) American futurist and self-described social engineer
Source: The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002), p. 72
“Whatever your cause, it’s a lost cause without population control.”
Paul R. Ehrlich (1932) American scientist and environmentalist
Paul Ehrlich and the population bomb
Context: Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism… of sexism… of religious intolerance… of war… of gross economic inequality—But if you don’t solve the population problem, you’re not going to solve any of those problems. Whatever problem you’re interested in, you’re not going to solve it unless you also solve the population problem. Whatever your cause, it’s a lost cause without population control.
“The only possible way of decreasing Negro population is by means of controlling fertility.”
Gunnar Myrdal book An American Dilemma
Source: An American Dilemma (1944), p. 170
“Religion is just mind control.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Doin' It Again, Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics (1990)
Context: Same with religion. Religion is nothing but mind control. Religion is just trying to control your mind, control your thoughts, so they're gonna tell you some things you shouldn't say because they're... sins. And besides telling you things you shouldn't say, religion is gonna suggest some things that you ought to be saying; "Here's something you ought to say first thing when you wake up in the morning; here's something you ought to say just before you go to sleep at night; here's something we always say on the third Wednesday in April after the first full moon in spring at 4 o'clock when the bells ring." Religion is always suggesting things you ought to be saying.
Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) American author
"How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later" (1978)
“Demons control all kinds of religions.”
Jack T. Chick (1924–2016) Christian comics writer
Chick tracts, " What's Worse? http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1092/1092_01.asp" (2014)
Lisa Mason book Summer of Love
Source: Summer of Love (1994), Chapter 19 “Hello Goodbye” (p. 406)