
The Great Political Fictions: Gulliver’s Travels
Past Present Future
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Exploring Different Societies and Criticizing Lawyers
The speaker discusses societies where children are raised communally to avoid corruption, where citizens are taxed based on their attractiveness, and where good behavior is incentivized through rewards rather than punishments. In one society, the concept of lawyers is baffling as they have no need for them due to their incapability of lying. The speaker criticizes lawyers as individuals who twist words to serve their interests for payment.
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