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Wrong, wrong, wrong. The media is not the thought police, they are just the ones entertaining us with fluffy sound bites of this and that on all 6 sides of every issue so that if we should attempt to think, we cannot come to any conclusions. Too much information saturates our untrained brains, so we are worse off than if we got no information at all. So, turn to MTV instead.
Castro is credited with increasing the literacy rate in Cuba to almost 100%, but he didn't allow them to read anything and everything. What went into their school books was always supportive of his regime, you can be sure. There are some thinkers in Cuba, tho, in spite of his efforts. The proof of that is the few who can think are trying to get to the USA.
Our school books are a bit biased as well, but we do have access to alternative thoughts once we get out of primary schools. The problem with that is that most of our citizens don't get exposed to the truth while in High School, and don't pursue the truth after High School.
In order to need thought police, we need thinkers, and even our glorious education system has managed to limit the number of thinkers, so we probably only need half a dozen thought police, and they most likely are lurking among US right now. So be careful what you post!:shock:
Castro is credited with increasing the literacy rate in Cuba to almost 100%, but he didn't allow them to read anything and everything. What went into their school books was always supportive of his regime, you can be sure. There are some thinkers in Cuba, tho, in spite of his efforts. The proof of that is the few who can think are trying to get to the USA.
Our school books are a bit biased as well, but we do have access to alternative thoughts once we get out of primary schools. The problem with that is that most of our citizens don't get exposed to the truth while in High School, and don't pursue the truth after High School.
In order to need thought police, we need thinkers, and even our glorious education system has managed to limit the number of thinkers, so we probably only need half a dozen thought police, and they most likely are lurking among US right now. So be careful what you post!:shock: