"We're Eliminating the Schools so that the Young are Easier to Control" - This message brought to you by the Pennsylvania Department of Fear
This is the third poster in a series of propaganda posters made for The Department of Trepidation, an organization dedicated to helping and informing the public of what their government is up to.
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The Department of TrepidationRight now, the Governor of Pennsylvania is nearly adamant about closing as many public schools in Philadelphia as possible. In the past, dumbing down the people has meant its easier to control them, and in my opinion that is what's happening now.
EDIT: To answer all the "schools are about conformity", that's true to some degree. But, as someone else commented about that, its easier to control stupid people in general. If someone is taught to conform, that's one thing; to eliminate the ability to think for yourself is another.
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Sta.sh
Agreed
After all, wisdom has actually nothing to do with knowledge.
The news..? It was bad before... but now we can't get by a single day where *actual* matters regarding jobs, the financial crisis that's still going on, and political stupidity without *most* of it being ignored for things like "Celebrity X died!" or "Look, more stuff about Gay Marriage, which won't make/break the country but yall love to debate over it!" or god knows what... just mindless drivel. I mean really, when you have Comedies like "The Daily Show" being more informative than the News itself... you've got a serious problem!
LOLOL, this podcast changed how I saw public schools. Maybe you should listen: [link]
I used to have to take a trip to the library and dig up an encyclopedia for a fragment of the info I can pop up on wikipedia in seconds from anywhere I happen to be. Is the info always perfect? NO, but neither was the info in those old encyclopedias.
I can cross reference more easily online as well, and check out counter opinions while I'm at it.