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    This is pretty foul, but in line with conservatives wanting to control education and retcon history. Who controls the past, controls the present. And who controls the present, controls the future

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        We need more Command & Conquer (up to Tiberian Twilight) taught in the Classrooms!

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        It’s also in a rage against the machine song, renegades of funk

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          P. sure that was Testify, and Renegades of Funk was a cover anyway

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            Yea you might be right, de la roca gets stuck in my head and sometimes I get the track names mixed sorry

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        I’m pretty sure I saw that quote in 1984. Which is becoming less of a dystopian novel and more of a description of present times.

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          That’s not true. England would never pretend to be socialist these days

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            England thinks 1984 was an instruction manual.

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              looks at England George Orwell might’ve gotten a bit too detailed on the world building

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        This guy, proving that the “oh, you mean from Fortnite” thing isn’t new.

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        1. The book.

        A book is a stack of rectangular sheets of processed plants printed with text, all held together on one side.