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freshwest

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20. I should have been clearer. 'Early in life' is school. Referring to text books, such as here:

Reply to tclambert (Reply #17)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 11:21 AM

Apr 2012

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Fox media domination there and hate radio take up the slack brainwashing when the people leave school. It's half the reason they got away with this, the other half is political indoctrination in the schools, increasingly being privatized, corporate-run with corporate methodology and also religious ones. There are exceptions, teachers bringing progressive books for students to view, since the history is not going to be taught now. A teacher in Tucson got an award from a Zinn group for expanding cirriculum.

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One Guy Totally Predicted What Today's Big Problem Would Be—94 Years Ago! [View all] Playinghardball Apr 2012 OP

Good find....also Eisenhower's military-industrial complex warning Fla Dem Apr 2012 #1

See also Honore de Balzac: "Behind every great coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #2

+1 nt TBF Apr 2012 #14

What a socialist. PDittie Apr 2012 #3

Thank you. K&R n/t jtuck004 Apr 2012 #4

Seems this has been happening since "money" was established. nt siligut Apr 2012 #5

They also write the history books to control perception early on in life. When real life doesn't fit freshwest Apr 2012 #6

Anybody can write a history book. But publishing corporations will only print the ones they like. tclambert Apr 2012 #17

I should have been clearer. 'Early in life' is school. Referring to text books, such as here: freshwest Apr 2012 #20

Yes he did. I don't think we can really understand how far we've fallen Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #7

history marshall gaines Apr 2012 #8

Yah, but Debs was a Commie, so he must be ignored or suppressed 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #9

Playinghardball Diclotican Apr 2012 #10

It wasn't a prediction ... surrealAmerican Apr 2012 #11

Oh a great deal got changed - truedelphi Apr 2012 #31

Don't forget Dogbert Clouseau2 Apr 2012 #12

Big K&R for this post - thank you!! nt TBF Apr 2012 #13

Since Debs was talking of his present nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #15

That just means this shit has been going on for a long time. baldguy Apr 2012 #18

Longer than the United States. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #22

agree grahamhgreen Apr 2012 #16

Debs is from my hometown.......isn't spoken of much around here Namvet67 Apr 2012 #19

And the delivery device for the 1%? tooeyeten Apr 2012 #21

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Apr 2012 #23

But what he said has been true since at least 1776 FarCenter Apr 2012 #24

I Hear What You're Saying... But For Them It Was On A Such A Smaller Level... WillyT Apr 2012 #26

On a smaller scale relative to population? Probably not. FarCenter Apr 2012 #27

Stealing. WilliamPitt Apr 2012 #25

Kick........ socialist_n_TN Apr 2012 #28

I thought this would be about Thomas C. Mendenhall's empassioned arguments that the USA... slackmaster Apr 2012 #29

"When fascism comes to America Mendocino Apr 2012 #30