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malthaussen

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54. Certainly, but the controllers of society are also...
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 03:34 PM
Mar 2016

... 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.

-- Mal

No moron.. sendero Mar 2016 #1
exactly AgerolanAmerican Mar 2016 #58
Quotes like this make liberals look bad oberliner Mar 2016 #2
Conservatives think they're smarter than everyone else too gollygee Mar 2016 #4
Yes, indeed oberliner Mar 2016 #5
IMO that stereotype is LiberalElite Mar 2016 #8
But look at that quote oberliner Mar 2016 #9
Yes, but Borowitz is talking to non-Trump conservatives about Trump supporters Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #12
But Trump supporters can post the quote on social media oberliner Mar 2016 #15
They've been talking and thinking that way for decades. They are basically a lost cause. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #41
Yes, it's demeaning.. it's supposed to be. Trump LOVES the uneducated! mountain grammy Mar 2016 #17
But that leaves the long term problem unfixed muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #21
Ted Cruz lies just as much on the campaign trail oberliner Mar 2016 #23
Looking for an objective count, not as much muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #30
Check out this article oberliner Mar 2016 #33
150 years ago, 1866 Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #11
From that same Parliamentary debate oberliner Mar 2016 #14
So What It's True billhicks76 Mar 2016 #19
Don't tell a person that they are ugly, even if they are oberliner Mar 2016 #24
It made Mush Limpballs a big talk show host mdbl Mar 2016 #25
Exactly oberliner Mar 2016 #26
Hmmmm.... I see what you are saying, but at the same time I know that the purposeful GreenPartyVoter Mar 2016 #53
I agree, and I don't think it's true. Oneironaut Mar 2016 #55
Well put oberliner Mar 2016 #56
K & R. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #3
Andy dropped his usual humor for more direct truth. Duppers Mar 2016 #6
You hit on the real problem, too many people in power and or with money A Simple Game Mar 2016 #22
Yes, *occasionally* is the word. Duppers Mar 2016 #27
I'm also thinking of things besides politics. A Simple Game Mar 2016 #38
Hey That's LiberalElite Mar 2016 #7
No, I disagree. malthaussen Mar 2016 #10
Both are an issue. Too many parents think that an education only means getting good grades Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #13
But that is how the system works, my dear professor... malthaussen Mar 2016 #16
An education is NOT antithetical to "getting your ticket punched" Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #39
Certainly not antithetical... malthaussen Mar 2016 #50
Can a education system be an outgrowth of a controlled society? A Simple Game Mar 2016 #31
It is an outgrowth of society, whether controlled or otherwise... malthaussen Mar 2016 #51
My point is that a controlled society will limit the kinds of education to what is A Simple Game Mar 2016 #52
Certainly, but the controllers of society are also... malthaussen Mar 2016 #54
The controllers could be like a tumor, benign or malignant. Lots of ways for them to A Simple Game Mar 2016 #57
K&R. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2016 #18
I love Andy Borowitz Gothmog Mar 2016 #20
Nonsense. Charter schools obviously fixed American education. merrily Mar 2016 #28
When a group of educators gather in a room for a discussion, the first one to say A Simple Game Mar 2016 #34
Secretary Arne Duncan. merrily Mar 2016 #35
I think you proved my point, thanks. n/t A Simple Game Mar 2016 #40
I see your education did not kill your imagination or, um, self-esteem. Kudos. merrily Mar 2016 #42
Nor yours, thanks and kudos in return. n/t A Simple Game Mar 2016 #43
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
I imputed a different intent to your post. My apologies. merrily Mar 2016 #47
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
The MEDIA--RW radio, FOX, and all the rest of the media... ReallyIAmAnOptimist Mar 2016 #29
As my mother in law was wont to say, "It's a combination of everything." merrily Mar 2016 #36
SPOT ON! Cosmocat Mar 2016 #45
It is not that they are ignorant zalinda Mar 2016 #32
Short sighted is kind. Not to sound like Agnew, but many of them seem to me like nascent neo Nazis merrily Mar 2016 #37
So they're educated, but don't have "smartiness"? nt Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #49
Bumper sticker Rebkeh Mar 2016 #59
I agree liberalfromaustin21 Mar 2016 #60
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