Posted on 07/11/2008 11:47:16 AM PDT by Bokababe
Precisely!
Knowledge of our own history and the history of other countries is real power, but living on "knowledge" through sound-bites & bigotry is a weakness of ignorance. Unfortunately, too many people would rather get by on the latter, and that is an asset only to those who assert their power by manipulating us .
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