Al wrote:
> 
> One might wonder who is worse off: a society that has a tradition of
> critical thinking and lets it decay in a broth of consumerism* and
> religious bigotry (pseudo philosophical brainwashing) or a society that
> never had such a history and prevents its emergence with a broth of
> consumerism* and data cramming drills (pseudo academic brainwashing).
> 
> * my definition of consumerism encompasses mindless entertainment
> 
> "Panem et circensis"...
> 

Stop fiddling around and tell us what you really think.