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aurareturnyesterday at 6:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

Governments don’t want smart people. They want dumb people because they are easier to control.


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phainopepla2yesterday at 10:32 PM

This explains why governments never subsidize universities

inglor_czyesterday at 10:06 PM

Are dumb people, in fact, easier to control?

I have seen a lot of smart people in thrall of ideologies that could be used to manipulate them left and right at will. Meanwhile, true morons tend to be unpredictably chaotic.