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How Pinocchio Explains Totalitarianism

38:42–41:11 · 148s

Peterson uses the Pinocchio story to explain how totalitarian states work - people become 'jackasses who can't say a word' when they sell their souls for pleasure, making them perfect slaves for tyrants.

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