Take the way humans respond to fear, for example.
You'd probably have a book somewhere that explains how you can implement social controls over a nation through... a Reichstag fire, or a 9/11, or a Pandemic.
You'd probably have a pretty good idea of exactly how these mechanisms could be used for control over the population because it has been done throughout history and worked every time. You would probably have a series of books about it in a private library that the public isn't allowed to access and you'd likely heavily guard these secrets.
It would most likely benefit you to keep the public ignorant, maybe even keep them distracted with fantasy stories from Greek mythologies regurgitated into endless Hollywood films. You'd probably also want to target those animal-like desires of the human being with sex, lust for money, food, entertainment, anger, whatever keeps everyone from desiring knowledge.
Take the way humans respond to fear, for example.
You'd probably have a book somewhere that explains how you can implement social controls over a nation through... a Reichstag fire, or a 9/11, or a Pandemic.
You'd probably have a pretty good idea of exactly how these mechanisms could be used for control over the population because it has been done throughout history and worked every time. You would probably have a series of books about it in a private library that the public isn't allowed to access and you'd likely heavily guard these secrets.
It would most likely benefit you to keep the public ignorant, maybe even keep them distracted with fantasy stories from Greek mythologies regurgitated into endless Hollywood films. You'd probably also want to target those animal-like desires of the human being with sex, lust for money, food, entertainment, anger, whatever keeps everyone from desiring knowledge.
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