Well, I'm definitely in "rant mode" this morning!
Human progress, no matter what the field of endeavor, occurs when people are free. Free exchange of information is far more valuable than information you pay for! When everything we learn comes with a price and is only available to those who can pay, a society of rich/poor, have's/have-not's, powerful/powerless is born.
The idea of free public education was originally designed to empower the masses. In the past, only the wealthy could attend university or private high schools. Then we went through a period of time where nearly anyone could go to school.....and now we're headed back towards the time when only the wealthy can afford it......or take on massive amounts of unforgiveable debt.
But the free exchange of information isn't at the core of our "educational" system anymore. Modern education is basically a factory designed to produce the following:
1. A person who believes truth is a by-product of power and authority.
2. A person who believes that working for a large corporation as a drone in a cubicle is success.
3. " " that compliance is of greater worth than competence. (follow the rules, don't try to improve, deviate, and don't ask questions!)
4. " "" our lives must fit into a 40 hour work week and our recreation must fit into evenings and weekends. In other words, all of us do the same things at the same times......like when the bell rings at school, we all get up and move when told.
I could go on and on, but let me put it like this:
When I drove across the middle of the state last week, I saw that all along the freeway were the same stores: Home Depot/Lowe's. Chili's/Applebees. Denny's/Ihop. Wallmart/target. Fast food brands. Democrat/republican. etc. This isn't the first time I noticed this, but due it really stood out in Southern California.
What we see all around us is the product of our "education," whether via public schools, advertising or government propaganda. This is alarming! This should be of great cause for concern, as our culture and our souls are being forced to choose between Home Depot and Lowes, etc. This massive pressure to be unified in everything from how we dress, to what we, when we awake and go to sleep and what we eat is literally killing us.
In the meantime, our lives are increasingly disconnected from the natural rhythms of sunrise/sunset, seasons, weather, soil, water and silence. It's like we all have photoperiod stress and we live in crappy, salty soil!
It's of no benefit to us or our families to live amongst ill-fed, propagandized drones who feel that everything must be "allowed" by authority and that we should all be living the same way.
The only way to combat the massive amounts of money spent to indoctrinate us as drones for the state is to talk about all things that are good, kind, edifying, healthy and liberating....FREE OF CHARGE.
Ideas should be free and openly shared. Products that are inspired by ideas should be traded by free people in a mutually beneficial manner: IE I provide 2 of my widgets in exchange for 2 of yours and we're both happy as a result.
Anyways, I've been interrupted a few times while making this post so my train of thought isn't quite as sharp as it was when I started, but suffice it to say that each of us should do whatever we can, in whatever capacity we are able to improve our lives AND THOSE AROUND US.
This is the "raising the bar" that I always talk about. We all benefit when everything improves.....quite the opposite of the rich/poor world being created in the name of "fairness" and "equality."
The free flow of information and capital is essential if we are to thrive. The opposite of this is illiterate, superstitious masses ruled over by "wizards" and kings who alone possess the "secret knowledge" the masses will never understand.
Screw that.
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