On May 12, 5:27 pm, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > > History is taught far less propagandistically then ever before. > > Large majorities of US High School graduates cannot place the Civil > War in the correct century, > but they all seem to know that Ronald Reagan blocked funding of AIDS > research (he actually increased it).
I have a hunch that your words are lies. > > > How is > > teaching Washington not propaganda? > > How is it propaganda? Dah!!! > > > History is taught as a means to > > find out, not a series of facts. > > It has been shown that a certain amount of rote memorization increases > the ability to > categorize data and analyze it. History is not a series of facts. > > > > > > Courses in Western Civilization are not only omitted, they are even > > > frowned upon. > > > What would they look like? > > It would look like the way it was taught for decades. You mean propaganda. What is needed is to teach children HOW to think, not ram shit down their throats so that they bow down to the dominant ideology. Read Dewey - one of the better Americans of the 20thC. > > > > > > In the US, we are approaching the point where more than fifty percent > > > of the voters are net tax consumers, that is, they live largely off > > > the labors of a minority of workers. > > > You mean like police, teachers, firemen, civil service, road builders, > > ambulance drivers, the army, navy and airforce, the government etc..?? > > Most of the people you mention are not net tax consumers. > They provide a service. They ALL consume tax revenue completely. These are the people to which you refer. If they are not then please tell me who EXACTLY are you talking about! > > > > We are becoming Greece, the lesson of which is tragically lost on an > > > oblivious Europe, US and Canada. > > > I don't think you are. > > With national debt at over 1,000,000,000,000 (= trillion) dollars and > growing, we are becoming more Greek every day. It's worse than you think. You are in hoc to China by 3 trillions alone. But being in debt is not a Greek quality you might as well say you are becoming British or Mexican. > > > > Eventually, the west will mimic the downfall of the old USSR, which > > > woke up one morning to find its electric power shut off for non > > > payment, and I say that not only figuratively, but even literally. > > > You seem to have mistaken the role of the banks in the current > > economic crisis. > > The banks who are at this moment trying, with the help of the right > > wing media to focus the problems on the lowest paid to find easy scape- > > goats. > > The US government ordered the banks to lend mortgage money to people > regardless of their ability to repay. There was a promise to the > banks that they would suffer no risk. The borrowers did not repay. > The tax payer got stuck. > > By the way, the myth of right-wing media is just that. > Except for Fox News, they are all cheerleaders for Obama. The government did not ORDER them to do anything. Bush and his friends made sure that lending rules were relaxed so that him and his close friends could make a killing. As for your other comment - bullshit. > > > > > > The difference next time will be that there is no one to bail out the > > > west. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Epistemology" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
