Dear EpicNamer27098! The above text is a cry for freedom. Perceiving evil and writing about the feelings is no evil, and requires no prescription. Incarcerating the youth is evil. This should be said aloud and it vilifies no one in particular but the dumb system that, in industrialized world, does more damage than good. You are no evil. You just need to see the light
And it’s a good cry for freedom. I focused on the one thing about this post I didn’t like, but over all it’s a good post in my opinion. I should have been more positive; I’ll try to keep in mind my negativity bias in the future.
Let’s then agree even further about your claim that we need a relatable image of school that we plan to abolish. To convince the world that we are in a blind alley of compulsory schooling we need a plethora of voices. A rational voice of adults who understand the problem, and an emotional appeal of a young man who feels imprisoned. Both matter. As for me, I see the school system as a neoplasm on modern society and yet I cannot point to a single bad teacher with bad intent. This is an acme of evil to cannibalize good people to reinforce a destructive system. As much cancer can use and extend your own blood supply.
These are two distinct arguments, both of which are debatable, but should not be combined.
forced institutional schooling is immoral, and should be stopped regardless of consequences.
the dumb system does more harm than good. It should be stopped because of the consequences.
I disagree with #1 (I don’t think it’s comparable to forced labor or race-based enslavement—it’s temporary and fairly straightforward (though not easy) to make exceptions and opt out) for different reasons than I disagree with #2 (I think there are aspects which are harmful, but that the net result is neutral or better).
If system is good and is not immoral, why don’t adults impose compulsory education on themselves, or at least those who score highest on the dumb scale? Kids in Germany have no opt out (or even knowledge it exists). Slavery is inherently bad. Race or economics are just excuses for doing what’s convenient. Freedom of education is a basic human right. If you do not know it yet, it is because of school indoctrination who tells everyone that “school is good”. A century ago, a great deal of men were equally convinced that women are not smart enough to vote. Drop the shackles of the doctrine!
Dear EpicNamer27098! The above text is a cry for freedom. Perceiving evil and writing about the feelings is no evil, and requires no prescription. Incarcerating the youth is evil. This should be said aloud and it vilifies no one in particular but the dumb system that, in industrialized world, does more damage than good. You are no evil. You just need to see the light
And it’s a good cry for freedom. I focused on the one thing about this post I didn’t like, but over all it’s a good post in my opinion. I should have been more positive; I’ll try to keep in mind my negativity bias in the future.
Let’s then agree even further about your claim that we need a relatable image of school that we plan to abolish. To convince the world that we are in a blind alley of compulsory schooling we need a plethora of voices. A rational voice of adults who understand the problem, and an emotional appeal of a young man who feels imprisoned. Both matter. As for me, I see the school system as a neoplasm on modern society and yet I cannot point to a single bad teacher with bad intent. This is an acme of evil to cannibalize good people to reinforce a destructive system. As much cancer can use and extend your own blood supply.
These are two distinct arguments, both of which are debatable, but should not be combined.
forced institutional schooling is immoral, and should be stopped regardless of consequences.
the dumb system does more harm than good. It should be stopped because of the consequences.
I disagree with #1 (I don’t think it’s comparable to forced labor or race-based enslavement—it’s temporary and fairly straightforward (though not easy) to make exceptions and opt out) for different reasons than I disagree with #2 (I think there are aspects which are harmful, but that the net result is neutral or better).
If system is good and is not immoral, why don’t adults impose compulsory education on themselves, or at least those who score highest on the dumb scale? Kids in Germany have no opt out (or even knowledge it exists). Slavery is inherently bad. Race or economics are just excuses for doing what’s convenient. Freedom of education is a basic human right. If you do not know it yet, it is because of school indoctrination who tells everyone that “school is good”. A century ago, a great deal of men were equally convinced that women are not smart enough to vote. Drop the shackles of the doctrine!