A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production.

Robert Anton Wilson
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  1. With his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters, He botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world. - Heinrich Heine

  2. For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they–unlike most human beings–have the means of production, and human beings, because they–unlike all companies–have the means of reproduction. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

  3. We, in the interest of the so-called progress, have been persuaded to leave the production and at times the cooking of our food to companies whose owners and employees make a living by exploiting our busyness or laziness and our innate hunger to continue living. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

  4. Are we, intellectual sirs, not actively or passively 'producing' more and more words, more books, more articles, ceaselessly refilling the pot-boiler of speech, gorging ourselves on it rather, seizing books and 'experiences', to metamorphose them as quickly as possible into other words, plugging us in... - Anonymous

  5. Don't mistake activity with achievement. - John Wooden

More Quotes By Robert Anton Wilson
  1. It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

  2. Belief is the death of intelligence.

  3. ...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.

  4. ...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.

  5. ...reality is always plural and mutable.

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