Hostile Takeover: Resisting Centralized Government's Stranglehold On America
“Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth.
—Frank Zappa HOW DO WE GET TO THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER? IS WHAT WE BELIEVE to be true more legitimate if it’s vetted and dispensed by the experts, from the top down?
There once was a time in the United States when we relied on Walter Cronkite to tell us what to think. He was “the most trusted man in America.” We had no choice but to trust him, along with some nameless producer behind the scenes at CBS Evening News, two other television networks, and ...a handful of national newspapers, all part of an insular cartel that sorted through the infinite bits of information of the day and determined, for us, the Truth. In this top-down system, Truth came in a one-size-fits-all package, and was allocated to the public twice daily, with delivery of the morning paper and the start of the six o’clock news.
“And that’s the way it is,” Cronkite would say, concluding the half-hour right on cue, effectively ending any debate on the subject. There would be no argument, no alternative opinions.MoreLess
—Frank Zappa HOW DO WE GET TO THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER? IS WHAT WE BELIEVE to be true more legitimate if it’s vetted and dispensed by the experts, from the top down?
There once was a time in the United States when we relied on Walter Cronkite to tell us what to think. He was “the most trusted man in America.” We had no choice but to trust him, along with some nameless producer behind the scenes at CBS Evening News, two other television networks, and ...a handful of national newspapers, all part of an insular cartel that sorted through the infinite bits of information of the day and determined, for us, the Truth. In this top-down system, Truth came in a one-size-fits-all package, and was allocated to the public twice daily, with delivery of the morning paper and the start of the six o’clock news.
“And that’s the way it is,” Cronkite would say, concluding the half-hour right on cue, effectively ending any debate on the subject. There would be no argument, no alternative opinions.MoreLess
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