{"id":6632,"date":"2021-09-22T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6632"},"modified":"2021-12-08T00:53:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T08:53:25","slug":"terence-mckenna-the-mystery-of-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6632","title":{"rendered":"Terence McKenna: &#8216;The Mystery Of Language&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ijA5RHTJaV4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=41257&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re creating a population of people who are infantile and idiotic, and yet we call ourselves a democracy. You only have to study democracy 10 minutes and you read John Stewart Mill to understand that the precondition for democracy is a sophisticated and educated citizenry. If you have &#8216;one person, one vote&#8217; but no educated citizenry, then you have a mob &#8212; a mob being led by various icons and images manipulated by fascists&#8221; \u009d                                                                         <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">Terence McKenna  (38:30)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re creating a population of people who are infantile and idiotic, and yet we call ourselves a democracy. You only have to study democracy 10 minutes and you read John Stewart Mill to understand that the precondition for democracy is a sophisticated and educated citizenry. 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