How it's Done

The ruling class uses the promise of a better future life for you (religion, "progress") to obtain a better current life for them.

Mortality

Death is the price of admission. But the carnival will leave you awestruck.

Stockholm Syndrome

Stockholm Syndrome is one explanation for disenfranchised U.S. voters who vote in politicians who ram through policies favoring corporations over individuals (thereby further disenfranchising themselves).

The most important thing to good health is mixed greens: 10s, 20s, ...

Morality

The logical extension of any moral code that has no exceptions for abortion even in the case of rape is that each woman should marry her gynecologist.