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[–]StillLessons 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

^ This

We have a gerontocracy thoroughly despised and mocked by the population and supported by well-paid sycophants and mouthpieces.

Is our population smart enough to see our way to ending this as the soviet population did?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

With the US public school system it surely ain't.

You need a critical mass of about 25% citizens to force change.