Tucker Max - The rules your parents teach you to live by are...

The rules your parents teach you to live by are very different than the rules the world actually runs by. Most of the conventional wisdom is not only wrong, it's a lie told to us by people who want to control us. It doesn't help us, it helps them. Pretty much everything we're told as children (and adults, really) by the established power structures in our lives are made up fairytales us to reinforce that control: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy, fat-free frozen dinners, religion, and metering lights on the highway--the list goes on

Tucker Max

They Said So®

Tucker Max Quotes

;

The rules your parents teach you to live by are very different than the rules the world actually runs by. Most of the conventional wisdom is not only wrong, it's a lie told to us by people who want to control us. It doesn't help us, it helps them. Pretty much everything we're told as children (and adults, really) by the established power structures in our lives are made up fairytales us to reinforce that control: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy, fat-free frozen dinners, religion, and metering lights on the highway--the list goes on Tucker Max

They Said So®

Keywords

rules parents teach live world runs conventional wisdom wrong lie told people control helps pretty children adults established power structures lives made fairytales reinforce santa claus easter bunny tooth fairy fat-free frozen dinners religion metering lights highway-- list

Explore other Authors

Bernard Kelvin Clive

Thomas Hardy

Joseph Butler

Elizabeth Bowen

Cliff Richard

Fred Rogers

Algernon Sydney

Michael Jordan

James Baldwin

Kelly Lynch

Ornette Coleman

John Steinbeck

If you are using this quote in any webpage , printmedia or any other places please use the following methods to cite this quotation.

MLA Style Citation

"A quote by Tucker Max" theysaidso.com, 2024. Apr 27, 2024. https://theysaidso.com/quote/tucker-max-the-rules-your-parents-teach-you-to-live-by-are-very-different-than-t

APA Style Citation

"A quote by Tucker Max" (n.d.). theysaidso.com. Retrieved Apr 27, 2024, from theysaidso.com web site : https://theysaidso.com/quote/tucker-max-the-rules-your-parents-teach-you-to-live-by-are-very-different-than-t

Chicago Style Citation

"A quote by Tucker Max". theysaidso.com, 2024. https://theysaidso.com/quote/tucker-max-the-rules-your-parents-teach-you-to-live-by-are-very-different-than-t , accessed Apr 27, 2024.

Comments

Authentication required

You must log in to post a comment.

There are no comments yet.