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 Totally agree, there is no free discourse, just a cookie cutter thinking. 
 a society built on this kind of "education" system would never have produced computers and the internet

the most advanced society in the soviet block in this regard was Bulgaria, a country full of outlaws and geeks, and they had the most advanced PC hardware back in the 80s - clones of the apple 2 and z80 zx zpectrum lol 
 Society needs that 
 the only mistake i made was not getting the fuck out of the country the moment i had that dutch passport in my hands at age 27

between then and age 36 my life was at a standstill, i made no progress at stacking cash, didn't get married, it was just shit... and that's what i mean when i say australia is a socialist country, and every place socialism is entrenched, there is no economic mobility and no real innovation in science

even the japanese are less socialist than australia 
 Yeah in my 20's and 30's I spent all my money on women, booze and travel, the rest I just wasted 😂