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Sofa Brain - Dominus Owen Markham

There’s a specific kind of genius that only shows up when you’re horizontal. You know the one. You’re not at your desk. You’re not in “productive mode.” You’re not doing anything that would qualify as…

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Rick Bauer Jul 19, 2025

What the herd hates most...Thinking differently isn't just unpopular — it's threatening. Schopenhauer said it, and it still hits hard.

Be the one who dares to think. Even if you're the only one.

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John Griogair Bell Mar 21, 2024

“The average voter is a moron. He believes what he reads in newspapers, feeds his imagination and lulls his repressions on the cinema, and hopes to break away from his slavery by football pools, cross-word prizes, or spotting the winner of the 3:30. He is ignorant as no illiterate peasant is ignorant: he has no power of independent thought. He is the prey of panic. But he has the vote.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/03/21/the-average-voter-is-a-moron-he-believes-what-he-reads-in-newspapers-feeds-his-imagination-and-lulls-his-repressions-on-the-cinema-and-hopes-to-break-away-from-his-slavery-by-football-pools-cros/

"The average voter is a moron. He believes what he reads in newspapers, feeds his imagination and lulls his repressions on the cinema, and hopes to break away from his slavery by football pools, cross-word prizes, or spotting the winner of the 3:30. He is ignorant as no illiterate peasant is ignorant: he has no power of independent thought. He is the prey of panic. But he has the vote." - The Hermetic Library Blog

The average voter is a moron. He believes what he reads in newspapers, feeds his imagination and lulls his repressions on the cinema, and hopes to break away from his slavery by football pools, cross-word prizes, or spotting the winner of the 3:30. He is ignorant as no illiterate peasant is ignorant: he has no […]

The Hermetic Library Blog