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    "title": "Statist Thugs And The Rocks They Crawl Out From Under",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>Regardless of the age, the culture, or the social conditions, there is ALWAYS a percentage of the general populace that embraces the totalitarian dynamic.\u00c2\u00a0 There is always someone in our neighborhood, in our workplace, and within our family that finds vindication or advantage in supporting the state, even if the state has turned viciously criminal.\u00c2\u00a0 They are not only useful idiots; they are conscious participants in the process of pacification and enslavement of their own society.\u00c2\u00a0 They understand their role perfectly, and they enjoy what they do.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Look carefully around you and try to pre-identify them.  And read the whole thing: <a href=\"http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-21/guest-post-statist-thugs-and-rocks-they-crawl-out-under\">Guest Post: Statist Thugs And The Rocks They Crawl Out From Under | Zero Hedge</a>.</p>\n"
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