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I'm some cranky tonight, and feel a rant coming on. The one success of this corrupt oligarchy has been to dumb down the citizenry until they have no idea of what is in their best interest. The frustration is palpable. Just how the ruling class wants it. This dumbing down process was what W. Godwin warned against back in the late seventeen hundreds, which was, to beware of a government / educational system, which is essentially what our children are burdened with now. An arcane educational machine designed for the purpose of churning out students that are acquiescent, compliant, tractable; and all the same. Fodder for wage slavery, all reflected under the brainless aegis of Bush's "No Child Left Behind" or better yet Obama's "Race to the Top". Early childhood education is the key to solving the problems we face. Is this not where it starts ? And it can start with five children in a class. Twenty to thirty children with one teacher is a non starter. There is a plethora of information on how it is done, none of it a secret. Do e have the will to succeed ? We are in desperate need for critical thinkers. The Anthropocene young must right the ship or it is, as they used to say, Curtains.

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"A long-valid standard for freedom of speech is that the answer to bad speech is more speech."

you got that right

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