![The image displays a section of a newspaper article with the headline "ITALIAN FASCISM MUST COPY U. S. MUSSOLINI SAYS". The article is dated "ROME, Nov. 30. โ[Copyright 1925 by United News.] โPremier Benito Mussolini is trying to raise Italy to the plane of governmental stability and firmness which has been attained in the United States. He believes the United States to be more Fascist than Italy, where the Fascist movement was born".](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/17570563 "The image displays a section of a newspaper article with the headline \"ITALIAN FASCISM MUST COPY U. S. MUSSOLINI SAYS\". The article is dated \"ROME, Nov. 30. โ[Copyright 1925 by United News.] โPremier Benito Mussolini is trying to raise Italy to the plane of governmental stability and firmness which has been attained in the United States. He believes the United States to be more Fascist than Italy, where the Fascist movement was born\".")
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![The image contains a quote attributed to John Pilger. It reads: "Always look for the truth from the ground up, rarely from the top down. Journalists are never real journalists if they are the agents of power, no matter how they disguise that role. Real journalist [sic] are agents of people. Real journalists are agents of people".](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/17390631 "The image contains a quote attributed to John Pilger. It reads: \"Always look for the truth from the ground up, rarely from the top down. Journalists are never real journalists if they are the agents of power, no matter how they disguise that role. Real journalist [sic] are agents of people. Real journalists are agents of people\".")
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You like this quote ๐. Yet, Ayn Rand stood against most of what you value and endorsed many ideas you are completely against. This quote does state a fundamental truth that we all should embrace. Though, the values of this person are the polar opposite of what you propagate ๐.
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You think this is a hard sell today? You should have tried it when the literacy rate was far less than 1% of the population and the only way most poor people had a chance to being educated enough to read and write was if they participated in a religious sect. Even then they would have to be lucky to be selected.
In modern society it is hard to imagine a time when reading was a novelty of a select class. Though for many thousands of years that was the case. China and southern Asia always did have a greater appreciation for education ( in most eras) than most other regions of Eurasia did though. With a notable exception for Greece and Egypt.
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I cannot completely agree with this. As I believe that even in ancient times conflicts were contrived in order to justify making and distributing more weapons. It appears to be in our nature. The idea that there is something for nothing. We believe if we are powerful that we can just take what we want. Weapons make us powerful, or at least feel powerful. There have always been entrepreneurs to take advantage of that mentality. It is not a new idea. In fact it has persevered throughout human history.