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You cannot escape a prison if you do not know that you are in one.
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If you don't know that you are in one why would you want to escape?
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We are all prisoners...


This I understand.




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We are all prisoners...

of our own ignorance or stupidity.
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reasonvemotion wrote:
We are all prisoners...

of our own ignorance or stupidity.
Well on the face of it, ignorance is easily cured. On the other hand Bertrand Russell thought: "Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education."
That should give succour to a few suckers.
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And the suckers reply.

Russell was referring to his experiences of education in a British public school.

Given his own educational history its obvious that he had a more nuanced view than the quote suggests.
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Prisons are improper and do not exist under the American Energy Party (AEP).
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free health care is not a prison...

/sarcasm

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Impenitent wrote:free health care is not a prison..
It's a prison for those who pay for it.
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If you don't know that you are in one why would you want to escape?
Ignorance is bliss, but now is the time of shattering illusions and facing the reality. We tell them it is a prison as brothers and sisters would, in order that they break the grip of those that exploit them.
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