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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by bigbugbag on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:36AM (#13460984)
How would expect to control a population if not by ideology and propaganda ? Keep them as dumb and uninformed as you can, keep them busy working or else they may ask questions and initiate change that would jeopardize the caste in power.

Most people actually believe they live in democracies while there are no democracies on the planet right now though a couple countries are not so far from it.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by saiya-jin on Monday January 23, 2017 @07:47AM (#13461799)
"Swiss are the most armed and most free nation" - Niccolo Machiavelli

100% freedom is a pipe dream, but they are as close as mankind can get these days and sustain it (for 800 years). Looking as an expat on their system, I am not sure about 1 thing I would like them to change, honestly.

US reality is megaparsecs behind in most regards.

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