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It is the multiplication of men who are exluded from working which provokes war. We ought at least to bear this in mind when we boast of the continual decrease in human participation in technical operations.
Jacques Ellul
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Jacques Ellul
Age: 82 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 6
Died: 1994
Died: May 19
French Resistance Fighter
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In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act.
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Because of the myth of progress, it is much easier to sell a man an electric razor than a straight-edged one.
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Freedom is completely without meaning unless it is related to necessity, unless it represents victory over necessity.
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It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.
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There are different forms of anarchy and different currents in it. I must, first say very simply what anarchy I have in view. By anarchy I mean first an absolute rejection of violence.
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I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history.
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Journalistic content is a technical complex expressly intended to adapt man to the machine.
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The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.
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Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will ultimately lead to the Kingdom of God. I am convinced that all the works of humankind will be reintegrated in the work of God, and that each of us, no matter how sinful, will ultimately be saved.
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And an apprenticeship to whatever gadgetry is useful in a technical world
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Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.
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Propaganda begins when dialogue ends.
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No technique is possible when men are free. Technique requires predictability and, no less, exactness of prediction. It is necessary, then, that technique prevail over the human being.
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Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.
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