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“...government needs to destroy our self-confidence and stop us from thinking logically. They can only do this by redefining words or creating new ones. Before government can reign over our bodies, it must rule over our minds. This explains the real reason for mandatory public education. (...) The earlier government education begins, the better it is for the slaveholders because it's easiest to influence children. The belief that government is there to take care of us is at the beginning of all brainwashing.”

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