On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:42 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Awww.. thanks Liz! :) > -- > 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. -- 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.
