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![]() The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. ![]() |
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I really like 22. I like that those guys went to the moon.
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![]() The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. ![]() |
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North Korea is mind-blowing. It's completely understandable how individual people can be stupid and even how small groups can be stupid, but that an entire nation can be as delusional and disconnected as they are is a fascinating phenomenon IMO.
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And yeah, as Beebs said, even those who do know better aren't going to blab their mouths for fear of summary execution. | |
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I'd be willing to bet that the average North Korean is smarter than the average American.
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![]() The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. ![]() |
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A. probably the sons and daughters of government officials or businessmen, thus an extremely small percentage of the population and B. That "brilliance" in being able to perform certain tasks excellently comes at a great cost in other areas of intelligence. I'm sure they don't value critical thinking much at all, given what that kind of knowledge would do to the Juche Idea. There is just nothing to support your bet whatever. I wouldn't make it. | |
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