The Insanity Wars Quotes

“People are crazy. The values of the world are crazy. What does predatory free-market capitalism care about sanity and values? Capitalism will do anything for a profit. If madness sells – which it does – capitalism will not hesitate to pander to it. Reason, logic and mathematics don’t sell, so capitalism and mainstream culture avoid them like the plague. Reason and logic are the antidote to insanity, but they are the things most rejected by an insane culture. Catch-22. That’s why the Insanity Wars can end in only one way: Cataclysm. The Dumbocalypse is almost upon us. The Dumbageddon conspiracy is going into overdrive. But from the ashes of old humanity, new humanity shall arise like the phoenix. The dawn of the HyperHuman lies on the far side of the eclipse of the dunce.”
― Joe Dixon, The Insanity Wars: Why People Are Crazier Than Ever

“You understand nothing of Gnosticism if you have failed to grasp that it is a positive liberty undertaking that seeks to change the world, and every person in it. It is the opposite of anti-State negative liberty movements such as libertarianism, conservatism and anarchism. These movements despise experts and knowledge. They are about “freedom”, not about knowledge. The aim of all modern Gnostic movements is to use the power of the State to immanentize the eschaton.”
― Joe Dixon, The Insanity Wars: Why People Are Crazier Than Ever

“Women know much more about Kim Kardashian than they do about Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, or Hypatia. Has any modern woman even heard of Hypatia? Why is it that a total waste of space – Kim Kardashian – is so famous, yet women who have done amazing things are practically unknown? This is a critical point. In our culture, knowing about Hypatia achieves nothing for you. It will make you seem weird if you can tell anyone anything about Hypatia. By contrast, it will not seem weird at all if you have loads of info about Kim Kardashian. That’s exactly why our negative liberty society is so fucked. Nonentities like Kim Kardashian are universally known while genius women such as Hypatia are entirely unknown. That’s how you make slaves of women. Everything becomes about a woman’s “glamour”. Nothing else about her is deemed relevant.”
― Joe Dixon, The Insanity Wars: Why People Are Crazier Than Ever

“Human stupidity is the world’s biggest problem. It always has been. The Dunning-Kruger effect is now the world’s most urgent issue – because all of the morons think they’re smart, and they oppose all of the genuinely smart people. The Dumbocracy is upon us. The Dumbageddon Conspiracy is in full flow.”
― Joe Dixon, The Insanity Wars: Why People Are Crazier Than Ever