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To: Hodar; Frank Drebin
--- "Harison Bergeron come to life. Alas, we have come to the point where the average 'intelligent' person no longer understands the reference, as they are both too ignotant and too lazy to be bothered to look up tbe short story of Harison Bergeron"

Freeper literacy! Hurray!

Harrison Bergeron Wiki on this now classic Vonnegut short story from 1961.

Full text at Internet Archive --- Harrison Bergeron Read about the Handicapper General.....


11 posted on 10/04/2025 2:07:40 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

The left uses cautionary tales as “How To” manuals. 1984, Harrison Bergeron, Frankenstein, Soylent Green, I Robot,The Forbin Project etc.


17 posted on 10/04/2025 2:17:49 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Thank you. Read that story back in college; so many years ago.

Back then it was satire


48 posted on 10/05/2025 3:25:15 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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