Stalin said that ideas are more powerful than guns, we don't let our opponents have guns why should we let them have ideas. How are ideas more powerful and wat are some examples of this. Also why is it more important

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Here's one idea to draw on:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22printing+press%22+and+literacy&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA

The invention of the printing press led to larger and larger numbers of people who became literate. When people could read, they also began to think about how the church and the governments may have been misleading them; more and more people began to think for themselves. What changes did these things produce in Europe and beyond?

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