School: A Modern Form of Enslavement
Austin M. Desmond - October 12th, 2011
We as children are forced - by law - to attend and commit to a constitution which enforces the societal views of others, given that these views are held by the majority. Whatever happened to individualism? This so-called ‘free country’ allows you to be free under the condition that you do exactly what society expects of you; for fear of impoverishment, homelessness or even legal consequences. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I could have sworn that that was quite the opposite of definition of ‘free.’ In fact, it quite borders along the lines of ‘enslavement.’
It is understandable that as children we do not have the choice of education for good reason. We are too young to realize that we cannot lead a fulfilling life in the society we currently live in without the ability to read, write and answer mathematical formulas. However, there is a fine line between creating people who can think for themselves and creating so-called ‘wage slaves.’ We are born into this world free, open minded and extremely vulnerable to influence from those and what we are surrounded by.
Once what others expect from us has been drilled into our heads - not what we expect of ourselves of course, which would be a truism in a truly free social order - we are told to pick in which way we would like to benefit society. We are told, not asked. Sure, we can pretend that we had a choice in the matter - if you wanted to end up on the streets. We can serve businessmen their coffee at Tim Hortons, or we can serve burgers to the construction workers at McDonalds. You have to remember that these institutions, such as the fast food major chains previously mentioned, do not exist to benefit the working class. They exist as a means to gain wealth - and ultimately power - for a select few; the people who truly control society, by means of offering a service of an infinite give-and-take cluster/circle for (or against) the people who truly benefit society: the working class.
The wealthy, or who can also be seen as the powerful, decide what we see - what we are surrounded by during our childhood - and control what the working class is permitted to think, and in a manner program us to be a certain way. It’s a great brainwashing technique - decide what we are to believe before we have the chance to believe anything. A great way of controlling a population is the media. When we as children see people dressing a certain way, acting a certain way, and having certain things, we as susceptible, vulnerable children are programmed to think that this is the way things are meant to be. We do not decide things are meant to be this way - we simply absorb what we are given before we are mature enough to know the difference.
Lets say that you did not want to quit high school as soon as you legally could - or as soon as your parents wouldn’t condemn you - and decided that a minimum wage job just wasn’t for you. You wanted to strive for higher goals and a higher quality of life. So, unless you have rich parents (in which case you probably would not have to work anyway) you are expected to apply for a student loan. Once you have the loan in your pocket, the people you borrowed from now own you. Once you have completed your post-secondary schooling you are expected to find a job. You have to find a job, because you are on a leash of debt. You have no other option - realistically of course - but to do what you were taught to do.
Of course, at the end of the day, you are doing exactly what ‘they’ want you to do. You are not the wealthy, you are not calling the shots. You are, in fact, working for the wealthy. Simply giving the people of power more power of what control your children with. You are living in a society you did not chose to live - just trying to survive, like everybody else. You are following the instructions that have been drilled into your head of what is expected of you. We never ask ourselves if we truly chose to live the way we did, we only ever ask ourselves if we chose the right option from the list given to us. Pick the cotton or wash the barn? Your choice, it’s a free country. Right?
Austin M. Desmond - October 12th, 2011
We as children are forced - by law - to attend and commit to a constitution which enforces the societal views of others, given that these views are held by the majority. Whatever happened to individualism? This so-called ‘free country’ allows you to be free under the condition that you do exactly what society expects of you; for fear of impoverishment, homelessness or even legal consequences. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I could have sworn that that was quite the opposite of definition of ‘free.’ In fact, it quite borders along the lines of ‘enslavement.’
It is understandable that as children we do not have the choice of education for good reason. We are too young to realize that we cannot lead a fulfilling life in the society we currently live in without the ability to read, write and answer mathematical formulas. However, there is a fine line between creating people who can think for themselves and creating so-called ‘wage slaves.’ We are born into this world free, open minded and extremely vulnerable to influence from those and what we are surrounded by.
Once what others expect from us has been drilled into our heads - not what we expect of ourselves of course, which would be a truism in a truly free social order - we are told to pick in which way we would like to benefit society. We are told, not asked. Sure, we can pretend that we had a choice in the matter - if you wanted to end up on the streets. We can serve businessmen their coffee at Tim Hortons, or we can serve burgers to the construction workers at McDonalds. You have to remember that these institutions, such as the fast food major chains previously mentioned, do not exist to benefit the working class. They exist as a means to gain wealth - and ultimately power - for a select few; the people who truly control society, by means of offering a service of an infinite give-and-take cluster/circle for (or against) the people who truly benefit society: the working class.
The wealthy, or who can also be seen as the powerful, decide what we see - what we are surrounded by during our childhood - and control what the working class is permitted to think, and in a manner program us to be a certain way. It’s a great brainwashing technique - decide what we are to believe before we have the chance to believe anything. A great way of controlling a population is the media. When we as children see people dressing a certain way, acting a certain way, and having certain things, we as susceptible, vulnerable children are programmed to think that this is the way things are meant to be. We do not decide things are meant to be this way - we simply absorb what we are given before we are mature enough to know the difference.
Lets say that you did not want to quit high school as soon as you legally could - or as soon as your parents wouldn’t condemn you - and decided that a minimum wage job just wasn’t for you. You wanted to strive for higher goals and a higher quality of life. So, unless you have rich parents (in which case you probably would not have to work anyway) you are expected to apply for a student loan. Once you have the loan in your pocket, the people you borrowed from now own you. Once you have completed your post-secondary schooling you are expected to find a job. You have to find a job, because you are on a leash of debt. You have no other option - realistically of course - but to do what you were taught to do.
Of course, at the end of the day, you are doing exactly what ‘they’ want you to do. You are not the wealthy, you are not calling the shots. You are, in fact, working for the wealthy. Simply giving the people of power more power of what control your children with. You are living in a society you did not chose to live - just trying to survive, like everybody else. You are following the instructions that have been drilled into your head of what is expected of you. We never ask ourselves if we truly chose to live the way we did, we only ever ask ourselves if we chose the right option from the list given to us. Pick the cotton or wash the barn? Your choice, it’s a free country. Right?
Or do it Anonymously.
. Could you go more in-dept on why you feel this way?
