4,426 Quotes About Society

In brief, we govern by a mixture of lying and bullying.

In brief, we govern by a mixture of lying and bullying." ---(From the pamphlet: The Scientific Solution of the Problem of Government.)

Art is a basic human right.

When many people become bonded into one self, as an endogroup, an artificial person is created as an ideal. This endogroup ideal, or endo-ideal becomes the group. Its identity is adopted by every member of the group and the individuals also become the endogroup. The group identity subsumes the self for all except the endo-ideal, creating a special subset of reality which here we will call an endoreality.

Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.

The answer to the riddle posed by identity groups is that they are one entity and their identity is that of their ideal. There can be no shared identity among people, as each person is unique.

Society mainly uses the concept of self to make the individual less unpredictable.

Society mainly uses the concept of self to chain man’s thoughts and behaviour to a pole called ‘I’.

A self is not consciousness and a self is not life. A self is the unique positioning of an individual relative to society. Self is a wholly social creation.