Intro

One of the largest and most important conspiracies to control the masses was through the formation of a controlled, standardized education by the progressive education movement.

Prior to the 20th century, only a small minority of children received a formal education. The children who did get educated were usually from the middle and upper classes. Poorer families did not have the luxury of education and often were putting their children to work in the fields, trade, or business. By 1870, many states had tax subsidized elementary schools, and by 1910 many had secondary schools as well. By the 1920's, over 90% of children had attended an elementary school.

But what changed?

1890's

The 1890's was characterized by a progressive push by social elites to reform and implement a bureaucratic system to control the public education system. They claimed their motives were to remove political control from the school system, for the greater good. But the damage done has proven otherwise.

Philosophy

Philosophy is a word I often bring up in my posts and is what I feel to be one of the most misunderstood subjects. It can be likened to a belief system, or even a religion (in the case of Eastern Philosophy). But that couldn't be further from the truth. In the simplest terms, philosophy is a training manual for critical thinking. It not only allows discussion and critical thinking, it is necessary to understand it. Philosophy is what allows us to question the very things we take for granted. It allows us to see the world from a new perspective, separate from the Ego.

Now, should it come as a surprise that Philosophy was removed by the bureaucratic system that was implemented to "reform" the education system? They CANNOT have us thinking! We all stumbled onto subs like these for that very reason. We put on our thinking caps when watching the news and saw irregularities in their broadcasts and official stories. Then we are labeled "conspiracy theorists". Instead of scaring me away, it just fueled my desire to understand the Why.

In a world dominated by standardized by test scores, while suppressing critical thinking, it is no wonder the one subject that helps develop that skill was removed from the curriculum.

Pawns in the Game

Standardized public education was never about educating the general population. It is a form of conditioning, to prepare us for the immoral system that runs this world. We are taught subjects in a way that makes them ununderstandable.

Take math for example. We are taught to memorize math and science formulas, without any discussion into how those formulas were conceived. Instead of understanding how the scientists came to their conclusions, we are taught them as Law and instructed to solve them with cookie cutter problems. I have always found math easy but struggled with calculus until I looked elsewhere to understand how Newton and Liebniz came to their equations.

Instead of teaching for the sake of learning, educators are pushed towards test scores instead of developing critical thinking skills. This is no accident, and further actions by the Dept. of Education are proving this. Common Core has standardized education even more into the cookie cutter indoctrination system public education was meant to be.

Corporate America rewards the sociopaths, who will crush anyone under them to get ahead while punishing those who genuinely try to help others. The education system is what grooms children into their slaves.

The Psychological Aspect

Group-think is not to be under-estimated. We are highly social beings, and our ego's crave confirmation bias. We tend to associate ourselves with others who hold similar beliefs, and are more likely to agree with something that contradicts our beliefs for the sake of "fitting in". Finally, for the first time in human history, we are able to communicate with others who we would never have been able to before the internet. We started to question some things and found others who do the same. Can this be just a coincidence that we were lucky enough to be born and alive at this point in time, or something more?

Our social programming is what shapes the ego. The public school system parallels the system it is conditioning us for. All the different social groups, the nerds, the jocks, the emos, etc., breeds a sense of fear and hate that molds us into the slaves they need us to be. We hate who we need to hate while reinforcing what we think makes us happy through instant dopamine releases. While schools have become more and more secular (which I am not against), I don't see anything replacing the teachings of morality. Could the answer be Philosophy?

While the moral degradation of society seems to be accelerating, there are many religious people who contribute to the unjust system. How could any Christian promote or support the system? The system seems to clash with nearly everything Jesus said. That internal conflict is called cognitive dissonance. It is the mental discomfort of simultaneously holding contradictory beliefs or values. For example, a pulmonolgist who smokes. He is aware of how bad smoking is, but chooses to smoke anyway.

But what about the Christian who is a banker? How can he hold the beliefs of Jesus while supporting the current unjust system of usury? The ego will always triumph while people remain ignorant of it. It only cares about itself and buries any internal conflict with drugs and alcohol. Could what psychologists call an "addictive personality" just be the desire to quiet the internal conflict we face every day by buying into this unjust system?

If you would like to read more about the ego, here is a link to a previous essay I wrote: https://www.reddit.com/r/C_S_T/comments/6uxwg8/the_ego_is_the_fruit_from_the_tree_of_knowledge/?ref=share&ref_source=link

A society cannot be perfect if crime exists. Crime is the result of an imperfect society.