400 years ago...
"Until about 1600, the posture of the Venetian Party toward science was one of more or less open hostility, favoring black magic. But in the early 1600s, the group around Sarpi succeeded in changing their public profile from being the enemies of science to being the embodiment of the most advanced and sophisticated science. For several centuries after this, the Venetians would work inside the scientific community to take it over. They would claim to represent the highest expression of scientific values. In this way, they could institutionalize the dead hand of formalism and the fetishism of authority, so as to stifle the process of discovery."
http://tarpley.net/online-books/against-oligarchy/how-the-dead-souls-of-venice-corrupted-science/
This is an important period in the history of science. Many famous books were published in Venice, Amsterdam and London. Publishing was expensive, especially with such a limited readership. Hence, it was not just about new knowledge, but also about guiding it down a very particular road. We are there now - science as a belief system. I wonder if even Francis Bacon would shudder at the thought.
scifid (n.) a portmanteau of science-fideists, believers in science, propagandists for the authority of mainstream science, often with no understanding of genuine breakthrough discoveries, agents of technocratic rule.
Know thine enemy.
Thanks for sharing. I bookmarked it for later perusal as it looks like the other chapters will also be a must read.
I always wondered how England became the world empire it did. Even with the Rothschild bank meddling it didn't add up for me how an island could dominate continents that had advantages of both population and resources. Without knowing where to look, I figured (and know it still plays a large role) that it can only be possible with many traitors willing to sell their neighbors out for power/riches. But learning the exact how is always preferable.
I still remember several decades ago when I discovered the communist overthrow of Russia was funded by Rothschild through Jacob Schiff in New York. I was dumbfounded that bankers would finance a movement that was anti capital, lol. I still had much to learn.
The Schiff of Fools is very much still sailing.
When one digs deeper it becomes hard to find any so-called "revolution" that was genuinely local.
The so-called French version had antifa-style agents forcing peasants to "hate the king" - refusal met with violence, as now. The statue of tyranny looks different now ;-) a gift between masons.
The destruction of kingship around the world was not to promote "democracy" or "freedom" but to hide the true rulers so nobody would know who to hang. like now.
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