“We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an integral part of the design.”

— Jacque Fresco

Source: The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002), p. 33.

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American futurist and self-described social engineer 1916–2017

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