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    Very conceptual post .....this is one of those manifestations on society from the industrial revolution and the global economy that doesn't make the history books or the History Channel do entaries...
    I think it's timely. People all over the political spectrum are pissed off about the brazenness of the embrace of corporations and the government, and their apparent indifference to popular will and the common good.

    http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/

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    Here's a concept, are not American schools designed to turn out good little patriotic worker bees? People who won't question the existing economic order, pledge fealty to the government, base their self worth on external commendation, and in general, do as they are told. People who need to pay for their entertainment instead of creating their own. People who are gullible and bored easily.

    We all realize the schools are not working, in the sense that the products of those schools demonstrate poor basic skills and lack of critical thinking. We see reports along these lines often. But what if the schools are indeed performing as they were designed to do? What if this basic design hasn't changed in a century?

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    I'm not sure this meme is taking yet, MarcusB, even though it was a cliche in the 1970's and is to this day. We've gotten even dumber since then IMO, if that's even imaginable.

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    not too long ago

    1 parent working a manual labor type job could support an entire household
    Single earner household, with a defined benefit plan was the tacit social compact. How times have changed.

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    Perhaps we should focus on enjoying the last vestiges of the Republic until our PRC Overlords foreclose.


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    I'm not sure this meme is taking yet, MarcusB, even though it was a cliche in the 1970's and is to this day. We've gotten even dumber since then IMO, if that's even imaginable.

    (drinks deeply from his pint glass)
    What a far cry from 1776, or 1876, for that matter.

    The sense I have is that the people understand this, and accept it. True liberty is exhilarating, yet scary. As for education, perhaps there is such a thing as the 'average American' now.

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