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On Truth Detective with Stephanie Lee. The main core topic
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of the episode is based on the truth, and in
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most episodes, some of the events, people, places, pseudonyms, and
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the lifestyle that I lead as a truth Detective are
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fictionalized for a better storytelling experience. For each episode, go
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to the show notes for more information on the topic.
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Enjoy this episode, Welcome This is Truth Detective with Stephanie Lee.
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Dystopian stories the assignment in a modern day dystopia world
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of twenty thirty six, where individual freedom is a distant memory.
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The government dictates every aspect of citizens' lives. Your very
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own Truth Detective has found some devious actions in the works. Yes,
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we all know that any type of true American education
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as we knew it is a relic of the past,
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a luxury reserved only for the elite echelons of society.
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The middle and lower classes are discouraged from pursuing education
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beyond what the government deems necessary for their assigned roles
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in society. You see, everyone's assigned roles are based on
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many things, family, class, and potential, proven skills or the
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lack of skills. There is no choice in the matter
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for these unfortunate students. Tests will be given to evaluate
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each young What class lower or middle is your family
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in the education system is given to the federal and
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the individual state government that is the Department of Education.
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And it also depends on the racial demographics and socioeconomics
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of each state and what each state's natural resources are
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that will in turn result in jobs from the citizens
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of that state. This was not to my liking or
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any of my detective colleagues liking. If your state resource
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is coal, for example, then working in the coal mines
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is your fate. If your state resource is chalk, then
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working in the chalk minds is your fate, and so on. This,
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it is believed, will result in fairness to all. No
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one will be above anyone else. There will be no
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more meritocracy. Yes, it was the truth. You will do
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what you are told or suffer the consequences, whatever it
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may be. There will not be any decisions about your future,
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and it is a severe crime in today's America to
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even think that there is. It certainly wasn't that way
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when I was growing up. But that was forty years ago,
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and as history has proven, many things can change in
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far less time. We detectives navigate this oppressive society where
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one's fate is predestined by not just the federal government,
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but also by the state. Yes, all citizens are zombie
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like now going to and from their respective jobs. Most
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people hated what they were paid to do. I heard
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words like on rewarding, mundane, and boring when asking about
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the work. These American citizens were doing jobs that were
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good for the state's economy and had no individual rights involved.
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Everyone who was a truth seeking detective and today's America
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was a detective. When American society started to change, we
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were already college educated investigative researchers by our choosing. In
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other words, we chose to be in our detective roles
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at a very young age, by choice. So we were
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an effect grandfathered in. We were secure in our profession
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as detectives, even though the government didn't like it. They
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had no choice but to accept what we did. Forty
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years ago, my colleagues and I harbored a curiosity about
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the world beyond our profession. Questioning the system is a
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dangerous game. We all know that it now was a
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society where descent is swiftly punished. We may not have
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started as dissenters, but we were dissenters. Now the America
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we knew was indeed no more. We detectives were trouble makers.
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That's why we must keep a low profile, even if
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we have permission to continue with our careers. As we
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delve into this our latest case, a series of mysterious
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disappearances from the Department of Education that the government dismisses
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as irrelevant are uncovered and a hidden network of a
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rebellious anonymous group emerges. This group, who dare to challenge
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the status quo, Well, we detect this found through an
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unknown but reliable source that some teachers are teaching what
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is called wrongthink, a term used to describe firstly the
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dumbing down of education which doesn't necessarily allow a student
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to move ahead and their educational goals, but also the
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anti American agenda. Didn't we know America was bad? And
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if you were American, shame on you. And so it was.
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This rebellious anonymous group believed in the same things we do,
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and the power of knowledge and the importance of critical
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thinking and education, readying an individual for a career of
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their choosing rather than an oppressive educational system deciding the
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career for each person, and of course, thinking what the
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government decides it wants students to know. American values and
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traditions that we Detectives and baby boomers hold dearly in
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our hearts, are to be no longer taught. And so
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it is. We wanted to reclaim freedom for all who
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wanted to have any education, whether K through twelve, a
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trade school, or a college education. In other words, freedom
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to choose what a person's career path would ultimately be.
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After all, everyone ought to be able to have individual rights,
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individual thoughts and actions about the future they wished to lead.
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We grew up that way, so why change something that's
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not broken. Right way, Detectives and the rebellious Anonymous group
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are growing strong in our desire to break free from
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the constraints placed upon our youth and the American way
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of life, which of course includes education, in other words,
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the old way of American life. Making decisions about schooling,
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future salary, and whatever socioeconomic level in life that ought
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to be up to you, me and everybody. As we
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unravel the truth behind the disappearance of these Department of
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Education officials mentioned earlier, who were educational dissenters, quote unquote,
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we begin to question everything we have ever known. Why
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does the government fear the original education system? Are they
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afraid of empowering our citizens to think for themselves? The
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answer I'm afraid is yes. Through my research at the library,
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I find an article on the Heritage Foundation website. It
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states that your children are being indoctrinated by the education
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system originally designed to teach them how to think critically,
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and lately has been weaponized by the radical left to
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push an anti American agenda. Well, the left uses a
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combination of propaganda and suppression to push kids into socialism
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and anti patriotism. It is brainwashing. Authentic American history lessons
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were being censored and decidedly being left out of our
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educational system. I believe this is true, and so do
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all of us detectives who went deep into the rabbit holes.
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After all, this was once the greatest country in the world.
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We truth seekers grew up learning about America and through
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that education, had a level of patriotism that I, for one,
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was very proud of. This we understand is the dumbing
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down of America through our current educational system. There is
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no room for our minds, critical thinking and individual thoughts.
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The only room is what those in power want you
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to know. After all, it's so much better to control
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the populace. As my colleagues and I research deeper, utilizing
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the rebellious Anonymous group that we've become a part of,
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we discovered the true extent of the government's control over society.
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Jobs are not designed based on individual skills or passions,
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but on what the government deems most beneficial to maintain
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their power. The concept of meritocracy is a distant memory,
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replaced by our rigid hierarchy that stifles creativity and innovation.
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It's horrible. Through our journey we never waver or grapple
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with the moral dilemma of upholding the oppressive educational system
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that has defined our modern life. We naturally have joined
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the rebellious Anonymous group and their fight for educational freedom.
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There is power in numbers, and as we uncover the
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government's darkest secrets, were rebels and fact finders realize, of
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course the obvious. The key to dismantling the oppressive regime
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lies in the power of knowledge and education. How can
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we stop them? We didn't know at first, and it
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was a gamble, but we would give it a try.
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This we all agree is our best bet to prove
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to the global community that education is the way out
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of this demonic world we now live in. We go
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to pirate radio stations and use our Ham Radio licensed
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detectives to let Americans know of their nefarious activities. We
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protest and set up makeshift booths outside busy box stores,
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and sure enough word got out. It began to spread
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to all states of the Union what the evil intentions were. Unbelievably,
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parents listened and teachers actually resigned in huge numbers. We
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all must decide what type of world we want. Yes,
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we must dream of a better society. Now know we
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will fight their awful regime like never before and point
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it out to everyone and hope people listen and make
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the change. We will not allow this future of our
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society that is on the brink of collapse. But rather
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we look to a future where every man, woman and
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child oversees their own destiny. And so as soon as
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we detectives started getting the word out, they those devils
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in charge had no power. The Board of Education dissenters
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that I mentioned earlier in the episode were freed from
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a hell like prison for speaking out against the educational
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system that they had to teach under. We were so
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gloriously happy that we all celebrated with drinks, cakes, candies,
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and beasts of all sorts. The Department of Education in
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our American government overturned their hideous, drastic anti American education system.
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After all, there were more of us than them. This
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allowed students to choose rightly so their endeavors, whatever they
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may be. We had won this battle, but there would
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be more. We were ready for them no matter what.
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With the assistance of these rebellious, anonymous groups that kept
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showing up, we were determined to make all the changes
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that would bring our country and ultimately the world, to
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a beautiful place that we needed and deserved.