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Re:The origins of the school system aimed to produce indepen... by whatever1 on Monday June 29, 2026 @01:52AM (#48715341)
We don’t want too many independent critical thinkers. This is how corruption gets born. People being too smart to follow the rules.

See Latin America, south Europe. Inconceivable wealth and natural resources. Full of independent thinkers cannot even do basic things without bribes.

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Re:The origins of the school system aimed to produce indepen... by IAmBroom on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @08:19AM (#48731668)
That... is quite the long and tenuous thread you've drawn.
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