The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

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Philip K. Dick. (2024, January 20). Wikiquote. Retrieved March 12, 2024 from https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_K._Dick&oldid=3449751.

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Mark 1:4 KJV

Philip K. Dick (Wikipedia) Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, human nature, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against elements such as alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness.