Elvis Still Dead

Mick Farren

Still enjoying my slow trip through Mick Farren’s Elvis Died For Somebody’s Sins But Not Mine. Yesterday I came across this little gem:

“Needless to say, alienation was one of the major motivators intended to create the psycho-civilized society that was the authoritarian dream for the second half of the 20th century. The goal was to breed a population that was isolated, uncommunicative, obedient, conformist, and very, very afraid. In some demographics, it worked all too well.”