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Stop giving them ideas, Noam! | The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate. -Noam Chomsky | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
402 views • 18 upvotes • Made by SamsaGregor 4 years ago in politics
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Skullford
1 up, 4y,
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The problem is people say this shit then they go bonkers on topics like Trump, Abortion, Covid, Border Walls etc.... All of a sudden the lively two sides become one acceptable side and one deplorable one.

It's just like Depak Chopra pretending to be some wise and calm guru but it only took a troll a few minutes to break that facade.
SamsaGregor
1 up, 4y,
1 reply
That's the genius of it. By proclaiming even the moderately socialist or reactionary ideas out of the question, the truly radical ones are left without being heard.
Zaklog
1 up, 4y,
1 reply
Yes, those poor socialists being silenced. They have no one except Hollywood stars, the fake news, and 3/4s of college professors to speak for them. How persecuted & isolated they are.
SamsaGregor
1 up, 4y
Public schools are literal prisons for children | YOU WANT TO BAN CHILDREN FROM LEARNING CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS I WANT TO ABOLISH ALL GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS WE ARE NOT THE SA | image tagged in gus fring we are not the same | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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0 ups, 4y,
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4 ups, 4y
You are about to go poof as well. Hopefully in the very near future, bitch
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The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate. -Noam Chomsky