On 5 December 2013 04:24, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
One of the most perverse "tricks" that the system played on us, in my > opinion, was in convincing people to accept that the state should raise the > kids. Sure, people spend a couple of hours with them between days spent > working mostly unnecessary jobs, but the bulk of modern education is > provided by institutionalised school and TV. I agree with the importance of > teaching kids math, reading comprehension, etc, but school is just > terrible. It also teaches us to tolerate absurd levels of boredom, to > replace thinking with accepting authority and it creates an artificial > reward system, where one can get addicted to a feeling of accomplishment > without accomplishing anything. Of course, all these things make us more > compliant in later on accepting lives without meaning. > The purpose of school is to raise the next generation of wage slaves, so it's geared to whatever that requires. > > Democracy is almost funny. People believe in this myth that it enforces > the "will of the people", but if you ask anyone individually you will find > that you cannot easily find a person whose opinion ever influenced anything > whatsoever. It's even hard to have an opinion. The better part of their > days people are slaves, and when tired they are spoon fed badly disguised > world views sprinkled over mindless entertainment. > > I think I love you. I've been saying this sort of thing for years, but rarely have I managed to do it so articulately. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
