Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself.

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The press is owned by wealthy men who only want certain things to reach the public.

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The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.

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There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

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You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions.

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Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

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If anybody thinks they should listen to me because I'm a professor at MIT, that's nonsense. You should decide whether something makes sense by its content, not by the letters after the name of the person who says it.

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The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

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Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy - their own population.

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Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?

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