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- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
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The origin of the quote is not Goebbels.
Someone else has traced the quotation to a novel by Upton Sinclair in The Profits of Religion (do a books.google.com search for the phrase and you will find it.
In short, it is highly unlikely that Goebbels said this. As is usually the case with such quotations, no one who cites it provides a source.
Randall Bytwerk, expert in Nazi propaganda (Prof. Randall Bytwerk)
The problem with quotes from the internet is, that you cannot rely on their accuracy.
- Abraham Lincoln, 1864
According to this the idea was coined even before WWI
Can’t believe Goebbels would stoop so low as plagiarism
😄👏👏
It really comes down to trust, or the lack thereof. People don’t trust their governments and governments don’t trust their people. I think this mistrust originates from governments so often being imposed on the people, rather than the government being subordinate to the people. If the government were truly subordinate to the people, I don’t think privacy would be nearly as much of a concern.
Vimes has always been one of my favorite characters in all media lol
Who would you be more suspicious of? A neighbor who always keeps their blinds closed? Or the neighbor who always peeks out of their window?
Or the neighbor
who always peeks out of their window?who insists that they must be allowed to stick a periscope through everyone’s blinds and have a look around?
