The situation looks pretty fucked up. They control basically everything. The system of corruption makes anybody involved to prefer becoming corrupt instead of fighting the system. From time to time we have sporadic whistleblowers, but nobody really listens to them. I don't think the system can be overrided anymore, unless somebody has superpowers. It's just a funny way to say we are screwed. I came up with this quote when explaining to my kids the size of conspiracy, without making them depressed.
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cthulian_axioms ago
Consider Dion Fortune's definition of magic as "the art and science of changing consciousness in accordance with Will". Training in one of the several Western esoteric traditions, when pursued with the correct mindset and with the kind of devoted practice required of anything worthwhile, can indeed give ordinary human beings like you and me something resembling superpowers.