[kevin_thibedeau]

Logical thinking skills are the gateway to independent thought. Too much of that and the proles could stage a revolt.

[webnrrd2k]

Wouldn't that be true in Russia and East Asia as well?

[kevin_thibedeau]

Except their citizens are aware that their freedom is constrained. Americans are deluded by the "land of the free" mantra. The powers that be don't want to face a collective red pill movement.