All Planned Out Long Ago.

Bertram Russell in his 1953 book, 'The Impact Of Science " wrote the following. Remember that this was written in the early 1950's.

" Diet, injections and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible.

Gradually, by selective breeding, the congenital differences between rulers and ruled will increase until they become almost different species.

A revolt of the plebs would become as unthinkable as an organised insurrection of the sheep against the practice of eating mutton."'