http://justorb.com/2008/05/06/really/ Cats, Food, Art, and Serious Ranting! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:50:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://justorb.com/2008/05/06/really/#comment-12655 Orb Wed, 07 May 2008 13:56:06 +0000 http://justorb.com/2008/05/06/really/#comment-12655 In addition to keeping them poor and uneducated, keeping them scared seems to keep them in line too. In addition to keeping them poor and uneducated, keeping them scared seems to keep them in line too.

]]> http://justorb.com/2008/05/06/really/#comment-12654 John Wed, 07 May 2008 05:38:09 +0000 http://justorb.com/2008/05/06/really/#comment-12654 In our society, being dumb usually leads to being poor, and given the bad things that come with unintentional poverty, those affected are resentful and seek spokesmen to express their frustration and anger in some semi-socially acceptable but almost always backhanded manner. That's all the broadcast loudmouths are really doing, whatever their supposed positions. It's a growing industry that even affects American policy here and abroad. Keeping them dumb and poor is the national equivalent of keeping women barefoot and pregnant. It persists because it works. In our society, being dumb usually leads to being poor, and given the bad things that come with unintentional poverty, those affected are resentful and seek spokesmen to express their frustration and anger in some semi-socially acceptable but almost always backhanded manner. That’s all the broadcast loudmouths are really doing, whatever their supposed positions. It’s a growing industry that even affects American policy here and abroad. Keeping them dumb and poor is the national equivalent of keeping women barefoot and pregnant. It persists because it works.

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