>The ultimate value of literacy depends upon the end to which it is used. And to what end, is it generally used to-day? It is used for convenience or for entertainment, by those who read; for some advertisement, or some objectionable propaganda, — for money-making or power-grabbing — by those who write
>The real advantage of general literacy, if any, is to be sought elsewhere. It lies not in the better quality either of the exceptional men and women or of the literate millions, but rather in the fact that the latter are rapidly becoming intellectually more lazy and therefore more credulous than ever — and not less so; — more easily deceived, more liable to be led like sheep without even the shadow of a protest, provided the nonsense one wishes them to swallow be presented to them, in printed form and made to appear “scientific.” The higher the general level of literacy, the easier it is, for a government in control of the daily press, of the wireless and of the publishing business, — these almost irresistible modern means of action upon the mind — to keep the masses and the “intelligenzia” under its thumb, without them even suspecting it.
>It is, we repeat, by far easier to enslave a literate people than an illiterate one, strange as this may seem at first sight. And the enslavement is more likely to be lasting. The real advantage of universal literacy is to tighten the grip of the governing power upon the foolish and conceited millions. That is probably why it is dinned into our heads, from babyhood onwards, that “literacy” is such a boon. Capacity to think for one’s self is, however, the real boon.
Is she right? Are universal literacy and public education more harmful than helpful?
>>2640779
Savitri Devi is always right.
Complex economies require that the labor force can at least read and write. The problem is that when low IQ people learn how to read and write they continue being low IQ. Only now they think they are entitled to an opinion (which "opinion" is whatever is on the media) and that opinion has the same value as the opinion of an expert. Which still would be pretty much harmless in itself if these same people didn't have the power to vote.
>>264077
Shes conflating literacy with public schools. Yes, public schools are an attempt by the state to exert some level of ideological brain washing. But it's absurd to say an illiterate populace is easier to control. Oppressive regimes still try to prevent low caste members from gaining literacy. For fuck sake, why do you think there is such a movement to regulatebe the Internet? They don't want you reading all that "fake news".
Governments want to control information, and if they could have a productive class of illiterate drones, the globalists would do it. Instead they try to carrot and stick you into only consuming 'right think' info via hate speech laws and calling things "fake news"
pshhh... religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful....... kid
>>2640684
commoner detected
Le sourceless Internent macro quote.
>>2640684
>looking like george lucas
Red pill me on the Christmas Truce
My friend doesn't believe it happened.
>hey can you google something for me
No.
>>2640654
Your friend can't into history?
>>2640654
Total war didn't seriously get going until the second world war (although it was gestating during the great war) so people were more likely to see their enemies as people, making them more likely to do silly things on a day both sides of the trenchs agreed was holy, like kicking a football around, after the truce (which keep in mind wasn't officially sanctioned) people went back to their jobs, after a year of bloodshed people were less inclined to do something like this again, aspersonal expereince could feed into a soldiers view that the enemy was heartless and cruel.
And how it's a creed for the weak?
>>2640592
To a degree it is:
>Charity, pity and power to the poor and disenfranchised: The Religion
On the other hand the strong have used its creed for various purposes and I do not necessarily agree with the syphilitic sperglords rambling on nobility.
He was right about it being for the, weak. Christianity exalts hunger, self-denial, celibacy, forgiveness, nonresistance, obedience, poverty and humility. But his idea that Christianity is driven by resentment, doesn't apply to Orthodoxy, only Western Christianity.
>>2640675
>But his idea that Christianity is driven by resentment
Wasnt that more based on Paul the Apostle than any particular denomination?
How can the Church even be Christ's body without the essence-energies (operations) distinction? You cannot physically be God's body just by taking communion, you have to engage in synergy (cooperation) with him to the point that you become God in practice, though not in essence. You cannot be God's very body while your operations deviate from his by "a great gulf". The ascetic fathers knew God's energies manifest as uncreated light where there is perfect synergy (Moses had to wear a veil it was so bright), but also that his energies can be described as fire, and that this "consuming fire" torments energy deviating from it (an experience described as Gehenna).
>Ebin buzzwords: The post.
>>2640776
Buzzwords?
Oh this is just an Orthodox v Catholic thing, I don't actually have to answer
When did humans start hating nature?
>>2640567
wow
so noble savage
much nature
so important
humans have always sought to dominate nature. mother nature is a crazy bitch who deserves to be tamed.
neanderthals were smart, smarter than us, and they lived in balance with nature. look what happened to them, they all froze to death because the ice age came and they hadn't hoarded every goddamn resource they got their hands on. Who's smarter now?
Hate is a silly term but it's a good preposition.
Literature is our best look at human attitudes to nature over time.
Early literature, pre 1000AD views nature as something fearsome, scary and dangerous, as something to be fought, and to be kept out, which is due to the lack of technology and high civilisation, where nature really was something that could fuck up your wooden shack or ruin all your crops.
The middle period literature, around high middle ages to early modern, begins to treat nature differently. Nature is treated far more mystically with wonder and awe but less with fear and is often viewed as a very feminine thing.
The enlightenment literature is when nature gets really shook up in human eyes. It is now tamed, nature is bent to the human will, this is shown through humans making fancy gardens and doing landscaping, completely controlling nature, while trying to understand and study it from an objective perspective.
In even later literature nature almost begins to not exist, it is simply the background, it is so controlled and crushed by humans that it is disregarded as an entity. This is exemplary of how factories and industry had complete control of nature through watermills and mines and such. The same view ends up extending into today.
Humans started to abuse nature more and more as we gained control over it.
I have been looking for a meme in the same format as pic related, but for the Roman Empire. Some of the people on the left included the Arabs (which were in black and said like "inshallah we will destroy you"), and the HRE. I can't find it for the life of me on Google, despite lots of search. This lead me to believe it may be OC, and that someone in /his may have it. Pls gibe if you have it, or search for it and post it:
>Pro Tip
> [spoiler] you cant [/spoiler]
Lmao
>>2640543
There's only one on the eastern Roman Empire
>tfw so peaceful my friends make jokes at me and I don't reply or stop them
Help me, intellectually become a cunt
At the very least, suggest some material I may read/watch to de-passify myself.
Also, don't tell me J.B Peterson
>>2640487
read the first page of Stirner's The Ego and It's Own and become an entitled asshole.
>>2640487
You're not peaceful, you're just not assertive.
tell me about "Solipsism", /his/
>Iced coffee
Why does this exist? It's an abomination.
I'm disgusted even thinking about it.
a meme based on a poor delineation between your mind and what lies outside the mind
>>2640444
Is iced tea also a meme? I've seen it around, but have never tried it.
what the fuck was his problem?
>>2640395
Rampant alcoholism, being an angry unpleasant son of a bitch, PTSD, and a pathological hate for Sulla and the effeminate senatorial class.
>>2640395
If he died right after the Battle of Vercellae. He would've been remembered as the greatest Roman ever.
>>2640469
Sulla was awesome.
> got sick of Senate's shit
> rolled in, killed some fuckers, took control, got everything running again
> leaves, saying "Don't make me come back here, fuckers."
> fuckers made him come back
> killed more people, ran off others
> went on campaign with a transvestite, was so scary that nobody said shit
> went home
> left the best epitaph ever
Based Sulla.
What would Romans and Greeks think of our current western society?
>>2640188
Greeks would be amazed at how small our debts are.
>>2640188
Those are faggots
>>2640188
Amazed by the west's cultural/linguistic influences around the globe
Are vampires automatically doomed to eternal damnation?
>>2640163
I should elaborate
Vampires have to kill and harm other humans to "survive". They have no choice
In a lot of folklore, you cannot actively chose to become a Vampire. Dying with an untreated wound, or having an animal jump over your corpse could turn you into one.
So, they have to harm humans, but they have no choice. Will they go to hell upon their final death?
There's no such thing as hell.
>>2640261
This.
You're retarded, OP.
Heard some people saying that this is just a meme.
Everything he suggests seems pretty solid and logical to me.
What are some criticisms against Guns, Germs, and Steel?
>>2639911
first
>>2639911
Diamond is a geographer writing about subjects outside his expertise for a popular audience. His interpretations of history are often overly simplistic or just plain wrong.
>>2639934
Wow, such an in-depth rebuttal.
The Christian population is going down and the Muslim population is going up. We're supposed to be okay with this?
Historically how would a nation deal with this dilemma?
God is great and has clearly chosen a side.
>retards are being replaced by other retards
>>2640069
>imagine no religion
Is this correct? Are there really no "true" Marxists, Aristotelians, Christians, etc?
>>2639846
Depends on who you ask ;)
Of course not. Identities are always shifting based on power relationships and perception. You might think you are a "true [X]" but on what basis can you think that?