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The "pandemic" was obviously a test on the human nature. I now am quite aware that fear is extensively used to motivate people and that most people won't question the authority as long as their comforts are provided. But, surely this is an ancient knowledge that has been used to rule over people for far longer than I have noticed. Any recommendations?

The "pandemic" was obviously a test on the human nature. I now am quite aware that fear is extensively used to motivate people and that most people won't question the authority as long as their comforts are provided. But, surely this is an ancient knowledge that has been used to rule over people for far longer than I have noticed. Any recommendations?

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

It's about the human condition and finding the right people and crossing the line between two cliffs between pawn and superman

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Appreciate the recommendation, but I have already read it with great pleasure.

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Ruling over other people requires one quality above all others -- ruthlessness. That is why the ruling class tends to have more sociopaths and psychopaths than the population at large. These people have codified their methods of maintaining control. Read The Prince by Machiavelli and Lord Chesterfield's letters to his Son. The knowledge to rule is passed from father to son, from mother to daughter.

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Maybe, Animal Farm?

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People Suck

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The bible is a good place to start.

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Good lessons, but I think it's a bit outdated.

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Last I checked men still murder and betray each other. The powerful still opress the powerless. There are still dictators and we still murder children.

We may have gotten more efficient at doing these things but for all our technology, are we better people?

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We both know "Thou shalt not murder" is not a lesson exclusive to the Bible, nor is it the outdated lesson that I was referring to.

Besides, I'm asking for recommendations, not arguments for the Bible. This defensiveness only brings the Bible further down the notch.

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You might be interested in some of Ingo Swann's book like this one:

It's a somewhat dangerous book. Do not take it as a license to do things that are advised against in the Bible.

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$200 for a paperback? Holy shit it must have some great gems inside.

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High price = low number of printed copies.

Stuff with shit inside, is popular. Stuff with gems inside, youve probably heard about.