If in order to keep the wheels turning you have to deafen ears with propaganda, crack the whip of Terror, and keep pushing people around, then you haven't got a machine civilization no matter how numerous and ingenious your machines.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A true machine civilization must run smoothly without needing terror or propaganda. If it relies on fear, it is not truly civilized.
- In plain terms
- If a society needs terror to work, it is not truly advanced.
- What can you take from it?
- A system needing terror to function is not truly civilized.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does this system work without fear?
- Who is being silenced to keep it running?
Another view
Some security measures are necessary regardless of their intrusive nature.
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