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by sbuttgereit 1815 days ago
> Educated people are a lot harder to exploit.

If you're trying to talk someone into something, sure. But if all you really mean to do is get someone's compliance where you want it and silence otherwise, I would think a realistic threat of thuggery trumps education an overwhelming majority of the time. I also wouldn't be surprised if education was limited to those that were considered "reliable", with vested interests in perpetuating the system.

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Revolution by vested interests against other bits of the vested interests is basically the short story of how countries in latin america got independence from spain.