-Caveat Lector- > ``As in Europe, so in the young United States, the leaders understood, > that > to win and to keep a republic, the future citizen must be rendered > literate > in Classical Christian Humanist culture. Just as the ante bellum > slaveholders made it a capital offense to teach an African-American slave > to > read, so those Americans devoted to a free republic rightly knew that a > universal literacy up to the standard of European Classical Humanism, was > the precondition for preservation of individual freedom. > ``The young United States was the `test tube' in which the most advanced > culture of Europe was unleashed. Like the Brotherhood of the Common Life, > like the Oratorian teaching-order in Italy and France, like the Erasmians > in > England, and the followers of Friedrich Schiller's and Wilhelm von > Humboldt's education reforms in Germany, our founders knew that such a > universal education was the foundation for the securing and preservation > of > political freedom. > > ``Conversely, the oligarchical `conservatives' understood, then and now, > that to restore and preserve an oligarchical system anywhere, the > overwhelming majority of the population must be reduced to a state of > brutish ignorance and .'' > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------- > > I would agree with most of the above. but I think the attitude of the > elite not so much to reduce the population > to "brutish" ignorance but rather "high esteem" ignorance. > > A person who is ignorant and realises it will search for knowledge. > A person who thinks himself wise but in reality is ignorant will be > satisfied with the crumbs from the masters tables. > > Modern superstitions are more sophisticated and mind absorbing than the > fallacies of old. > > The top 5% who keep the masses ignorant are at the same time are digging > their own grave. a mountain is only as high as > the base can support . > > John DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
