Every one of the numberless religions and religious sects views the Deity after its own fashion; and, fathering on the unknown its own speculations, it enforces these purely human outgrowths of overheated imagination on the ignorant masses, and calls them "revelation. " As the dogmas of every religion and sect often differ radically, they cannot be true. And if untrue, what are they?
Wherever there is an ignorant mass, you will see a flag of an ignorant leader fluctuating with glory!
If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.
The power of every dictator has two main sources: His psychopathic mind and the support of the very easily deceivable ignorant masses!
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.
With ignorant masses, the travel back in time is not only a possible travel, but it is the only travel!
Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is straightforward: a despotic state can control its domestic enemies by force, but as the state loses this weapon, other devices are required to prevent the ignorant masses from interfering with public affairs, which are none of their business… the public are to be observers, not participants, consumers of ideology as well as products.
Once upon a time millions applauded and supported Adolf Hitler; ignorant masses often cannot see the simple truths and evidently they do not have the ability to see the very clear ends! The stupidity of the ignorant masses has been proven thousands of times in the history! Each time they follow the wrong leader and in the end fall in the cesspool!
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
