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Comment author: gjm 19 July 2012 03:55:24PM 6 points [-]

They probably can't. Living in a seriously oppressive society is, well, seriously oppressive. Sometimes it really does get in your way.

They might be able to chip away a little at the edges here and there. That's probably about it, unless they want to change tack and start a revolution. In which case they'll probably need a cause with more popular appeal than rationalism.