That looks like a vicious circle of authoritarianism. You suppress free media, you suppress anyone who says things you don’t like. Your servants only provide you the information which won’t make them punished. You end up completely detached from reality which leads your rule to fall eventually
“Adequate communication flows freely between equals. Communication between non-equals is warped and distorted by second-circuit Domination and Submission rituals perpetuating communication jam and a Game Without End.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Prometheus Rising
More succinctly, ‘(Full) Communication is only possible between equals’.
A very common downfall for authoritarians, shame about all the destruction beforehand.
That looks like a vicious circle of authoritarianism. You suppress free media, you suppress anyone who says things you don’t like. Your servants only provide you the information which won’t make them punished. You end up completely detached from reality which leads your rule to fall eventually
“Adequate communication flows freely between equals. Communication between non-equals is warped and distorted by second-circuit Domination and Submission rituals perpetuating communication jam and a Game Without End.” ― Robert Anton Wilson, Prometheus Rising
More succinctly, ‘(Full) Communication is only possible between equals’.
A very common downfall for authoritarians, shame about all the destruction beforehand.