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Wikipedia - Sheeple
Sheeple is a derogatory term that highlights the passive herd behavior of people easily controlled by a governing power which likens them to sheep, a herd animal that is easily led about. The term is used to describe those who voluntarily acquiesce to a suggestion without critical analysis or research in large part because the majority of others possess a similar mindset.
The sheeple are real and they form the majority on this planet. They are the powerless and controlled part of the system. Ironically they are often made to believe they have influence by for example voting for politicians. They don't see the extent to which they are influenced by for example propaganda and mind control through for example the mass media and entertainment industry and the educational system largely owned and controlled by the power elite.
Rick Nauert - "Herd" Mentality Explained
Scientists at the University of Leeds believe they may have found why humans flock like sheep and birds, subconsciously following a minority of individuals.
Voters are highly uninformed about many political issues, they are more ignorant of reality than most people think. Voters obviously have no clue how power works otherwise they wouldn't waste their time voting for the political puppets presented to them by the power elite in the first place. After 7 millennia of civilization in which corruption has always played the most defining role in governments of all kinds it is safe to say that voters are not very intelligent.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Strength to Love
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Obviously the sheeple don't understand much of the system to which they are enslaved.
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George Carlin - Politicians... and the public
George Carlin - Napalm and Silly Putty
Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain't going to do any good; you're just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here... like, the public. (video)
George Carlin - Life Is Worth Losing
People are fucking nuts. This country is full of nitwits and assholes. You ever notice that? ... And they all vote. In fact, sometimes you get the impression that they're the only ones who vote. ... And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. That's what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick that's being jammed up their assholes every day, because the owners of this country know the truth. It's called the American Dream, 'cause you have to be asleep to believe it. (video)
The entertainment age is dumbing down people on a scale not seen on this earth before. More of one thing means less of another. Most people do not care to properly inform themselves about what's going on in this world and simply swallow what the mainstream media feed them day in and day out. And even those few people who do inform themselves often get fed bias and misinformation via for example the mainstream educational system. Not surprisingly practically all of it is owned by the power elite.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Elective Affinities
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Although propaganda today is more powerful than ever before the sheeple believe they are not under its influence. Sheeple have a hard time accepting truth because it makes them feel uncomfortable or it doesn't fit with the worldview they get on a daily basis from the mainstream media which is owned by the power elite. In reality the people are slaves to the system installed and maintained by the power elite. The people are forced to pay taxes while the super rich don't by means of the tax havens they installed and maintain for themselves. Etcetera.
Joseph de Maistre - Lettres et Opuscules
Every nation gets the government it deserves.
John W. Whitehead - A Government of Wolves
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
Richard M. Weaver - Ideas Have Consequences
An ancient axiom of politics teaches that a spoiled people invite despotic control.
In a democracy we see that the more ignorant and spoiled the population becomes the more undemocratic the government will be. The power elite propagate globalization which is opposed to democracy and sovereignty and they draw ever more power from nation states to themselves. They make extensive use of propaganda which they spread via their mainstream media in order to influence the behaviour of the people. It's all about power. A nation of sheep gets a government of wolves.
More links...
Bryan Caplan - The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
Marko KlaĆĄnja - Uninformed Voters and Corrupt Politicians
Silver Bear Cafe - Sheeple: Signs That You Might Be Part Of The Herd...
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