[ale] OT:Has "1984" finally arrived?

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Yes.
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> One item not mentioned is the need for a cult of personality around a
> given leader to where the leader is transformed into a minor deity.


i.e. - every president in the last 30+ years and every tech CEO in the same
time period.

Makes for good distractions from where the real decisions are made - behind
closed doors by people who never have to run for office because they own
the process already.
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