Children of Dune# SciFiction - 星际浪子
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In all major socializing forces you will find an underlying
movement to gain and maintain power through the use of
words. From witch doctor to priest to bureaucrat it is all
the same. A governed populace must be conditioned to accept
power-words as actual things, to confuse the symbolized
system with the tangible universe. In the maintenance of
such a power structure, certain symbols are kept out of the
reach of common understanding -- symbols such as those
dealing with economic manipulation or
movement to gain and maintain power through the use of
words. From witch doctor to priest to bureaucrat it is all
the same. A governed populace must be conditioned to accept
power-words as actual things, to confuse the symbolized
system with the tangible universe. In the maintenance of
such a power structure, certain symbols are kept out of the
reach of common understanding -- symbols such as those
dealing with economic manipulation or