“When a plutocracy is disguised as a democracy,

the system is beyond corrupt.”

Suzy Kassem

 

 

 

 

 

Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
(Jim Cramer)

 

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this:

If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, 

we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. 

We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. 

The bamboozle has captured us. 

It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, 

even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. 

Once you give a charlatan power over you, 

you almost never get it back.”

― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

 

  (art by Konstantin Antioukhin)

 

"Imaginary evil is romantic and varied;

real evil is gloomy, monotonous, 

barren, boring. 

Imaginary good is boring; 

real good is always new, 

marvelous, intoxicating." 

– Simone Weil

 

 

“I was ashamed of myself

when I realised 

life was a costume party 

and I attended with my real face”

― Franz Kafka

 

 (art by David Ribble)

“Once upon a time,

there was pretty little town named Hamelin. 

Though Hamelin was charming, 

it had two faults. 

Its townspeople were very stingy,

and there were too many rats.”

 

“Do you want to have an easy life?

Then always stay with the herd 

and lose yourself 

in the herd.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

art by TriN

 

“If you are silent about your pain,

 they’ll kill you 

and say 

you enjoyed it.”

–Zora Neale Hurston

 

art by _mystherion_