Okay I'll deal with the illusion of education and freedom of speech first.
Education as we know it is not about true education. I consider true education is being inspired to learn and being taught how to work things out and seek information for yourself. Past the basics of math, writing, reading and the more advanced science, the typical education systems of the developed nations are nothing more than tools for teaching obedience and perpetuating the cultural paradigms that benefit the elite. They are sexist, racist, homophobic indoctrinators of religious and cultural dogma. They revise history to suit the current authorities, they encourage parrot fashion, consumerist thought patterns and next to the media are the biggest offenders of mental stupification. Only a few people make any real use of their education system and invariably those few would have done far better learning outside of such systems.
As for freedom of speech. Well we certainly do not have that freedom. There are obscenity laws and laws to 'keep the peace'. Popular media including books, television, newspapers and a lot of the internet new sites are tightly controlled by editors who have their own politcal and economic agendas. As indivisuals we have freedom of speech only if we can afford it and as long as nobody pays attention unless it supports the ideals of the elite. We don't have the freedom to gather in groups anymore without the threat of arrest. And of course we are all slaves to the economic grindstone.
Next to feeding the world. Well there are many more appropriate approaches to tackle the problems of developing nations and most of them involve mental paradigm shifts not economic interventions. Firstly if we fed all the people in the worst hit areas of the world, all that would happen is that fewer people would die for a while and the birth rate would rocket again, creating an even worse problem years later. Basic education and contraception are two vital aspects to use alongside any economic incentives. We need to end the industrial, biotech, military corporations grip on the Third World, because even if we only ever bought Fair Trade produce the well armed warlords would be getting all the profits anyway and their people would still live in abject poverty.
The best way to end the tyranny of those coporations is to expose them and the momentum of every human in the developed world snapping out of their trance and demanding change WILL bring change.
In the US soon it will break that the GOP rigged some of the ballots in swing states to ensure Bush's return to the White House. There is change on the horizon - you can smell it in the air here. What I would hope and encourage is that we see beyond the puppets like Bush and go straight to the heart. Thanks to the internet it may happen regardless of what the corporate controlled media cares to tell us.
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Education as we know it is not about true education. I consider true education is being inspired to learn and being taught how to work things out and seek information for yourself. Past the basics of math, writing, reading and the more advanced science, the typical education systems of the developed nations are nothing more than tools for teaching obedience and perpetuating the cultural paradigms that benefit the elite. They are sexist, racist, homophobic indoctrinators of religious and cultural dogma. They revise history to suit the current authorities, they encourage parrot fashion, consumerist thought patterns and next to the media are the biggest offenders of mental stupification. Only a few people make any real use of their education system and invariably those few would have done far better learning outside of such systems.
As for freedom of speech. Well we certainly do not have that freedom. There are obscenity laws and laws to 'keep the peace'. Popular media including books, television, newspapers and a lot of the internet new sites are tightly controlled by editors who have their own politcal and economic agendas. As indivisuals we have freedom of speech only if we can afford it and as long as nobody pays attention unless it supports the ideals of the elite. We don't have the freedom to gather in groups anymore without the threat of arrest. And of course we are all slaves to the economic grindstone.
Next to feeding the world. Well there are many more appropriate approaches to tackle the problems of developing nations and most of them involve mental paradigm shifts not economic interventions. Firstly if we fed all the people in the worst hit areas of the world, all that would happen is that fewer people would die for a while and the birth rate would rocket again, creating an even worse problem years later. Basic education and contraception are two vital aspects to use alongside any economic incentives. We need to end the industrial, biotech, military corporations grip on the Third World, because even if we only ever bought Fair Trade produce the well armed warlords would be getting all the profits anyway and their people would still live in abject poverty.
The best way to end the tyranny of those coporations is to expose them and the momentum of every human in the developed world snapping out of their trance and demanding change WILL bring change.
In the US soon it will break that the GOP rigged some of the ballots in swing states to ensure Bush's return to the White House. There is change on the horizon - you can smell it in the air here. What I would hope and encourage is that we see beyond the puppets like Bush and go straight to the heart. Thanks to the internet it may happen regardless of what the corporate controlled media cares to tell us.
The revolution will not be televised.