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awoke_in_2003

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38. In feudal days...
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:00 AM
Nov 2012

only the elite were educated. Because of the labor movement, people had free time on their hands and started doing things like educating themselves and asking questions. That is why labor and education are so vilified now.

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By any other name, feudalism. With them sitting in their towers looking down at the peasants. freshwest Oct 2012 #29
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In feudal days... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #38
Same shit, every era. freshwest Nov 2012 #39
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