Controlled Society Quotes

• The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  World Government, Historical, Would Be

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• The Technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more CONTROLLED society. Such a society would be dominated by ELITE, unrestrained by traditional values.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  World Government, Would Be, Eras

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• It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation. (1974)

  Stanley Milgram

  Perception, Puppets, May

  "The Social Dimensions Of Law And Justice In Contemporary India". Book by V. R. Krishna Iyer, 1979.

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• Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  America, World Government, Liberty

  "Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era". Book by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, 1970.

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• And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.

  Stanley Milgram

  Puppets, Firsts, Steps

  "The Social Dimensions Of Law And Justice In Contemporary India". Book by V. R. Krishna Iyer, 1979.

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• I believe it is urgent to begin now, before we are constrained by a totally controlled society monitoring limited resources on the planet. Now is the time to establish our extraterrestrial base in freedom; later it may be under the coercion of necessity.

  Barbara Marx Hubbard

  Believe, Space, Limited Resources

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• Persisting social crisis, the emergence of a charismatic personality, and the exploitation of mass media to obtain public confidence would be the steppingstones in the piecemeal transformation of the United States into a highly controlled society.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Media, Personality, United States

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• Whiteness in a racist, corporate-controlled society is like having the image of an American Express Cardstamped on one's face: immediately you are “universally accepted.”

  Manning Marable

  Racist, Faces, Accepted

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