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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Yes, if there is anything that the left stands for, it is controlling people through the mass media. It's uncanny how well you understand us. I shall have to report on this to my comrades.
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But we're living in Huxley's world. You think you think what you think by choice, but is that really true? How much of it is conditioning? How much of it is the opinions of authority figures around you drummed into your head as a child? How much of it is peer pressure? How much of it is a desire to telecast certain sensibilities? Certain education, status? How much of it is the media you choose to consume?
I listen to you, then I listen to a Trumpkin, and the only real difference I see is you've read more books.
I can't figure out which one of the two of you has more free will in regard to his views and thoughts. It's possible neither of you has much at all.
