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Freedom and Liberty used to be cherihed American words...
In grade school I remember watching Walter Cronkite specials on 'The 21st Century'
They would wheel in the TV and turn down the lights. It was a break from the classroom doldrums.
He would narrate the technological advances that would make the future great!
If I had gotten up in class and stated;
'No, it's all going to be about lying for profit and swindling a sport!'
I would've been dragged off to the principal's office!