Charlotte Iserbyt - The Dumbing Down of America EXCERPTS

[AnonymousEconomist]

She does make a good point, but she sure doesn't understand Ronald Reagan. She discredits herself by lumping all the Presidents together as a product of a particular group think. She's insulting the intelligence of the American people.

[rob60201]

Such a sweet lady, but so off her rocker.

[dragonessly]

i wonder by bush's grandfatehr if she's referring to Prescott Bush or .. Alastair Crowley...

[Drago19930713]

So... Agenda: no military, no sovereignty, tolerance, no religion... And government. Okay, take the government out- its perfect. All world united, all peaceful, no more bullshit indoctrinations. Maybe finally we would turn to what humans can do best- make technology, which would support our lives and take care of us. I'd say it would be perfect. But then again, people who grew up in old age, and used to old system dont want that. Dont want the change and fear it like fire...

[dragonessly]

@Drago19930713 id love to pay my taxes to pay welfare for a dude in china

[Drago19930713]

@dragonessly Oh yes, its horrible to aid someone rather than yourself, yes... Its absolutely horrifying. OMG its against CAPITALISM! Against strongest bullshit system ever created. It must be very wrong... Actually I understand why everything is going downhill, now... Values that matter...

[eyeswideopen1993]

@Drago19930713 You completely miss the point. It's about being controlled by the government.

[Drago19930713]

@eyeswideopen1993 was there a time when people werent controlled by authorities?

[MsCookie1995]

Shes so right how widespread is drugs,sex with anyone,they add these stupid drug education,sex education,and its rampant,they actually introduce subjects to our children and then its everywhere its disgracefull.

[Frederf220]

The character of humanism is misrepresented here. The inescapable facts of the human (individual, by extension collective) experience MUST dictate the social imperative. This outstrips dogma and tradition immeasurably in its potential to accurately determine the answer to the question "What is best for human beings?" Any process but rationality will fail in the pursuit of an answer.

Atheism, Soviet, etc. used in the pejorative show the (insufficient) width of mind and bias behind the analysis.

[TheBadgeOfThe45]

More reasons for home school, to hell with these atheists thay're out of control, can we try now Seperation Of Marxism and State? I guess not, the good news is people in 2010 woke up in a way that from 20,000 parents doing home school in 2008, in dicember 2010 the polls show 2 million families are doing home school, thats great news and i hope the numbers goes up by the end of 2011, enough is enough and nobody can help, these Marxists want our public schools? they can have them with out students

[bapyou]

This is sheer stupidity. If you want a serious analysis of American education -- particularly at the university level -- read Chris Hedges' 'Empire of Illusion.' The standardized testing this old shrew speaks of was developed by conservative administrations, the entire thrust of which is to discredit, defund, and privatize public schools. It's a for-profit scam. These people need their knee-caps busted. Quit scapegoating teachers and fund schools adequately.

[edchaos2]

shes right it is marxist. what do you think social studies is.. its the study of social science. which was created by carl marx

[RedBeetle]

Are you a victim of public education?

Are you, for example, oblivious to

basic grammar, logic, history,

philosophy, and Calvinism?

It's time to start studying.

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[lykopis]

TRUTH!

[traccan]

What a hateful bitch.

[unityemissions]

Are you out of your mind?! She was a senior director of education, and has first hand experience with a lot of what's she's expressing in this film. Brainwashed idiots use terms like "paranoid schizophrenic". Shame on you!

[SovereignBlade]

I'm in love !

[snappingbear]

Apparently it worked on her. She IS dumbed down either that or a paranoid schizophrenic.

[bapyou]

5:23 - "(The United States Department of Education is) a Marxist factory."

Wow. Is this bitch the next Joseph McCarthy?

[planetery]

@bapyou Nope. You're just asleep.

[bapyou]

@planetery "Nope. You're just asleep."

Your comment only makes sense if one thinks Karl Marx or his brilliant writings as negative. I do not. And, in fact, it is right-wingers who are asleep; especially working-class right-wingers who are completely ignorant of the history of working class struggles and their close relationship with true leftist movements in America and elsewhere.

Working class "conservative" is an oxymoron.

Read Marx. Guaranteed not to make you "dumb."

[planetery]

@bapyou This has nothing to do with Marx. She's talking about a forest. You're talking about a tree.

See, you're just blase about it because you think there ISN'T a plot to destroy America.

BTW- Marxist ideals are used to sell the working classes on an even more classist state than in capitalism. If you dig far enough, you'll see the same people behind both sides in all cases. Usually bankers.

And I'm not right wing OR working class. Back to your ivory tower now...

[failblorg]

@bapyou yes but how can you tell the difference between the true leftist movement and the false leftist movement. couldn't they just infiltrate you as an enemy within?

[J1NX1337]

Norman Dodd (interview) On Tax Exempt Foundations:

watch?v=YUYCBfmIcHM

[teo829]

Being anti-Atheist is the only thing I disagree with in regards to what this woman is arguing. The Illuminati, New World Order, Masons & Bohemians worship Lucifer on the majority so she flawed herself here. Funny, when you can seem intelligent for a sec but then your in favor of preserving God..........now your just stupid.

[J1NX1337]

@teo829

You do realize that everything that came to be... it came from nothing, it keeps growing/expanding/evolving/... . We know so little... We're such tiny beings living on a fraction of a dot that's suspended in a sunbeam... So little... almost insignificant.

And yes... Religion is BS, made up to control people. As for Satanists/Lucifer worshipers they make me laugh, they've basically jumped from God or Jesus to Satan/Lucifer. LMAO

And being Atheist doesn't cut it, imo...

[teo829]

@J1NX1337 excellent comment. I liked how you to tapped into the macrocosm and provided a more humble approach to all of this. And what's wrong with being an Atheist ( I suppose Agnostic) I can't prove there isn't a God but I also do not see any evidence of a definite God. So what's wrong with that?

[arzoyan]

For the wage slavery of immense humanity to be seen as freedom and leader worship and flag waving as democracy the ruling class do what they do .Capitalismis a politically manipulated market mechanism of ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY TO PERPETUATE POVERTY AND EXPLOITATION. We need to understand that we live in a prison-planet and have to organise democratically around the fundamental principles of SHAARING THE EARTH FOR OUR COLEECTIVE NEEDS AND WELL BEING no leaders may apply

[CT2507]

one clever lady!

[Ben1607]

christianity is not the answer. Stand up for yourselves.

[forhisglory700]

@Ben1607

Since you know what the answer isn't, how about enlightening us regarding what the answer is! "Standing up for yourselves" is far too vague a statement and ultimately still leaves us with the question: "What is the answer?"

[Ben1607]

@forhisglory700 -- good point

[DeanCo7777]

Jesus save us! "Deliver us from evil" is in there for good reason. Time to pray it daily, and the Psalms too.

[listening2all]

Thank you for speaking out Charlotte My son who is now 19 when he was 11 he had his view on a political situation and he was told by the Teacher he couldn't say that and he had to re write it the way the masses thought. Our children don't know the moral values that I agree only come from Christian values, humanism will not work. Again thank you so much.

[PhuqueU]

Woe, you see her face morphing at 1:22 and in later places?

Is she one of the good aliens?  Or was that doen to make her look bad?

Or is she computer genrated, telling some truth to sell one lie?

[kimmijo]

I wonder what Charlotte would say about HAARP being used as another instrument to form the NWO

[rextony22]

are we really that dumb?

[damnedboner]

For some weird reason I am sexually turned on by this woman

[NassimHarameinVedas]

The comments of the unenlightened media mall creatures below show humanity is doomed to become a totalitarian New World (dis)Order . . .

. . . Our esoteric teachers who've been warning us about the Fascist Globalists for the past 40 years, teachers like Jordan Maxwell, Michael Tsarion, Bill Hicks, Srila Prabhupada and many hundreds of others must really wonder if their time was well spent . . .

[MrAubery]

I believe atheists are the antichrists spoke of in the bible

[FaithfulAndTrue1]

You are right.

[Watthiman]

Yes, Jesus named them, The people who call themselves Jews, but who are not really Jews. This describes the 95% of the European jews today who are not the Hebrews of the bible but are Khazars who were forced to convert to Judaism.

[tgambill]

Yes...they are called the Synagogue of Satan. YOU have been doing your homework. 100% correct.

[deltapunk21]

I think she is right about some things but her conclusions concerning Reps and Bush is wrong, Bush tried to break the NEA strangehold somewhat and so did Reaga especially with vouchers and etc. but these dupes are still having a statist mindset and cloud that murkies their judgement with "popular" support etc.

[jarsofclay2112]

Do you work in education? Bush provided lots of demands for educators...but NO FUNDING to get it done. Teachers can no longer use their talents to teach. Everything is now manualized. You dont deviate from the manual. Thats indoctrination, not education

[tgambill]

no...Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush was one of many that fully funded Hitler, (DuPont, Rockfeller's, IBM, Henry Ford, Carnegie et al) and was as evil as his father and grandfather. Reagan was also online to bring in a dictatorship as you will find in the testimony of North in the 1980's questioned by Jack Brooks.....

[lithopoonwit]

Communist policy is to destroy morals,religion,human dignity and freedom. Lenin already stated that every means is allowed to reach the goal of world communist domination.

[intj123]

Ever since I was in junior high I instinctively knew the lies that spewed from the teacher's mouths. I knew that government elections were fraudulent, and the EU was a larger more influential governing body than the the white house in the united states. They do tell it to your face, but it is up to you to decipher it for the bullshit that it is.

[KenMacMillan]

I think she's drunk.

[tac09292929]

Michael Medved has a job to continue to keep people stupid just like you!

[sdegroot1]

Dude, take it easy. I think you misunderstood my post. I meant that Medved can learn a lot from Charlotte. In fact, I'd like to see him have a balanced discussion with her. She seems smart and has credentials and experience on her side.

[tac09292929]

All due respect this man, Medved ,should already know better if he was on the same page.He has nothing to learn because he won't.Sorry I mistook you to be so shallow.

[sdegroot1]

Not a problem man. I probably should have written my post so it made more sense.

Peace

[sdegroot1]

And you're right about Medved. He's a very smart man, but he has a latent hostility towards subject matter involving 'conspiracies.'

[sdegroot1]

I think she needs to have a talk with Michael Medved since he sneers at much of what she describes here.

[happyface2012]

Did you hear what she said? There isn't any difference between the Demacrats and the Republicans at the top !!

[sdegroot1]

That is correct. It is base on the Heglian Dialectic. You may be interested in the writings of Antony Sutton, very sobering.

[majedfakhouri]

they gave us OBAMA ,to let us think we have achieved

something , that we are moving foreword , obama is nothing

more then a pascifier of our anger at the government .

[dave777blaster]

Outstanding, a smart educated lady telling it the way it is.

for 40 years plus they have been raping America.

all of the presidents since JFK have been Mafia types.

Either there is now going to be a total capitulation from all Americans or there is going to be another revolution,there is no middle ground.

Once the North American Union is announced the ball game is over and your in the bottom of the ninth inning with 2 men out now .The last days of the Union one way or the other is at hand

[fight4europe]

Bravo!

[montsyblackmaddona]

She speaks the truth!

[tagrr]

Now I understand why my 3rd grader had to have cyber-bullying training... they want to encourage it.

[flach77]

how does it feel to be on the road to fascism? wake up sheeple

[blabblab1212]

Like we wouldn't have lost civil liberties under McCain??!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[hopeforamerika]

Wonderful video.

The Cuban system was fueled through a govt. "volunteer" program called "pioneros," aimed first at grammar school children. To find out more, Google "Cuba Pioneros." There are propaganda sites on it put up by the Cuban govt. or maybe others who are sympathetic to their cause. However, I believe the first one that comes up when you type those words explains how it really works.

[scumgod13]

You are so right. This is coming soon. People look to Obama as a Savior just because he speaks of change. Oh, there's going to be change allright and Obama is just like the rest of them. The change that is coming is LOSS OF ALL CIVIL LIBERTIES.

[rextony22]

he is a politician. all politicians are liars and crooks. im afraid we are not going to have an honest president ever in this life.

[Dulcenaya]

She is so right!

[FatherWarhol]

As it happens you the One-World Govnerment is now a reality with the coming of Euromed and those John McCain and Obama cretins who wish the undeclare American Independence.

All that is treated as normal in a dumbed down society.

[effulgentkim]

All you have to do is read the writings by those who set up the school system- dont read the writings ABOUT their writings, but the actual wirtings- Bertrand Russel, Margret Sanger, Newt Gingrich, Dewey.

If you dont have any idea what she is talking about, just start digging but first decide if you want to know, its not comforting and everything she is saying is old news to some of us

[yahwehdirtydog]

will begin by stating what we know to be a solid incontrovertible scientific fact. We know that it is strictly impossible for any building, much less steel columned buildings, to pancake at free fall speed. Therefore, it is a non-controversial fact that the official explanation of the collapse of the WTC buildings is false... Since the damning incontrovertible fact has not been investigated, speculation and conspiracy theories have filled the void.[

[rextony22]

those lists scares me.

[FatherWarhol]

This isn't her best effort. Maybe this was filmed late at night after she'd had a few beers and felt like having a good moan.

[EvilIslamMustDie]

I agree with what she's saying but she does seem a little loopy in this clip.

[yahwehdirtydog]

Jewish life in Germany, prior to 1933, was an orgy of parasitic feastings upon the host nation. The plunder was checked with labor camps, which after the war were renamed 'death camps'. Which begs the question: would jews rather be caught dead than working? Ironically, the inscription over the gate to Camp Auschwitz "ARBEIT MACHT FREI" means "work will set us free

[lemushroom]

what?????????? People have to have messed up minds to think up this crap!

[TruthForYouToo]

This person is a stupid fanatic who doesn't know what she is talking about.

[truthsabre7]

Wow..brave lady.