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In reply to the discussion: Borowitz: 'Stopping Trump is short term solution'' [View all]malthaussen
(17,065 posts)54. Certainly, but the controllers of society are also...
... an outgrowth of that society. They don't exist in a vacuum. The question would be if they are a necessary consequence of a society, or an accidental one. I am not decided on this question, but it is clear that our society encourages the emergence of controllers who will then seek to control as much as possible.
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Yes, but Borowitz is talking to non-Trump conservatives about Trump supporters
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2016
#12
They've been talking and thinking that way for decades. They are basically a lost cause.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2016
#41
Hmmmm.... I see what you are saying, but at the same time I know that the purposeful
GreenPartyVoter
Mar 2016
#53
Both are an issue. Too many parents think that an education only means getting good grades
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2016
#13
My point is that a controlled society will limit the kinds of education to what is
A Simple Game
Mar 2016
#52
The controllers could be like a tumor, benign or malignant. Lots of ways for them to
A Simple Game
Mar 2016
#57
When a group of educators gather in a room for a discussion, the first one to say
A Simple Game
Mar 2016
#34
Dude, I neither fired the first shot nor dissed your knowledge. Stop projecting.
merrily
Mar 2016
#44
I think you took my post wrong. I never fired a shot nor did I think you did.
A Simple Game
Mar 2016
#46
No problem, and I often have the "I know what I mean" thinking and don't explain things concisely.
A Simple Game
Mar 2016
#48