From Howard Zinn's 1989 essay 'Where to Look for a Communist':
In 1950, Rep. Harold Velde of Illinois, a former FBI man, later chairman of HUAC, spoke in Congress to oppose mobile library service in rural areas, because, he said, "Educating Americans through the means of the library service could bring about a change of their political attitude quicker than any other method. The basis of communism and socialistic influence is education of the people."
It is a verifiable scientific fact that the archetypal Bill Hicks fan, on reading the above quote, will involuntarily splurt out in a tourette like fashion: "Well, looks like we got ourselves a reader." in a piss-poor American accent.
I know that's what I did.
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