The Death of the West Part 2: The Nineteenth Century

[LuciusSuperbus]

the effect of public schooling on generating enthusiasm for military adventurism is also highlighted in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. The Nazis banned this book.

[ethiop64]

You r amazing. the invention of religion u say is not true for the Biblical God of the prophets and apostles which is revealed; u r mistaken. darwin must be the byproduct of 19th c atheism u described. the rest of presentation is quite interesting and origial.

[pneumatictrousers]

That's not true at all about what led to modern art. It was about simplifying and flattening the plane which was an influenced from Japan. People were also learning about other cultures through photography. Freud had a huge influence on people about irrational desires. Dada was meant to be childish making fun of so called rational adults. Surrealism started from automatic writing and pictures drawn by soldiers. People were fascinated with motion pictures. Nothing to do with state indoctrination.

[fuckystoat]

my stepfather told me at christmas this year about something his father told him about when he was in france fighting in the 1st world war...

he had to force the french to fight the germans by "pushing" them forward from behind with their bayonets on rifles....

i would assume from the way it was told to me that this was an order given to his entire "unit" ie the english where used push the french up out of the trenches into battle then follow on.....behind...government mind programming

[Engravingsful]

This video make me think that Väestöliitto is evil organisation that, make breeding campaing so more cattle to state

[wintermutation]

The modernist fascination with irrationality has to do with Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis. There was a belief, particularly within surrealist groups, that traditional realism was really somehow a falsification of the world. Surrealist practiced what Breton called "psychic automatism", which is a style of recording thoughts pre-reflectively without moral/rational filtering. This is why we see irrationality embraced by many modernists. They were trying to record the subconscious mind.

[cjellwood]

He is DJ Hives

[heathenholiday]

@bowman2061 Interesting that Hitler rose out of a situation that is kinda JUST EXACTLY like what is going on over here in America; a collapsing economy. Hitler cleaned house and got Germany out of the mess it was in and they were doing beyond great. If you are wondering why life sucks on the planet right now, ask yourself if the "Good Guys" won the last World War. Common sense will tell you the world should be doing great if the right people won.

[Skullchaser08]

"If you are wondering why life sucks on the planet right now, ask yourself if the "Good Guys" won the last World War. Common sense will tell you the world should be doing great if the right people won."

Nice one, easy but yet elaborate.

If you came up with this argument yourself, please feel honoured. :)

[heathenholiday]

@Skullchaser08 I did and I do, thank you very much!

[Skullchaser08]

Hey, I visited your website, ultragod.

Beyond amazing, way beyond.

I hadn't really understood the worlds sickness can be said in a single word: monopoly.

I've only read some of the articles so far, but they were enlightening enough for an evening.

You did exceptionally great work with that website, I'll have everybody watch it. :)

Thanks for that service, and please keep it up!

[heathenholiday]

@Skullchaser08 Thank you much for the support and good press. The Ultragod site is still a work in progress. There's soooo much more to add, it's just a matter of time. Ten years ago, we sold tshirts and we might do that again if it gets enough support. Keep in touch.

[heathenholiday]

Although I've just watched this clip and not all the rest, I can tell you that there's a lot more than this synopsis of "social change." For one, you can't discuss "the West" without bringing up race and WHITE PEOPLE. To avoid the race discussion and to avoid the negative effects that multi-culturalism is causing for the West, is to deny reality. Also, religions, specifically monotheism, have been the main public enemy as far as guiding the sheep towards their slaughter, economic slavery.

[magichandpuppet]

I am glad I finally set aside the time to go through these. Getting ready for the next one... and really looking forward to it. Thanks Stefan!

[brasso4u]

Thank you Stefbot for all your talent and insights offered free to all.

I read somewhere an interesting idea concerning why the German people loved the military and all things martial prior to and continuing after the first world war.

The idea is that the Germans were organized from principalities and provinces and into a nation rather late in the game. So in order to bind the different 'tribes' together the PTB created the myth of German superiority over all and love of all things military.

[nota2cdtime]

Makes sense. Howard Zinn, in his Three Holy Wars on TheRealNews, told of mutanies in the Civil War. So, the indoctrination via religion, art that followed is plausible in order to maintain rank orders.

[MrSapphireLabyrinth]

Anyone care to put forth their opinion as to why the leaders of the West are genociding Europeans through mass immigration?

[bowman2061]

Hitler (and much other dicators) learned "well" from the 1860 schoolsystem) He said about education and youth; And we take them away from their parents and put them into the Hitler Jugend, after that into the Reichsarbeitsdienst and from there directly into the Wehrmacht ....and we never give them back

[johngeetar]

I'm a little confused about some of your facts. You claim that people were so enthusiastic for war, yet there were 3 drafts during this time. About a quarter of the US population was drafted. If everyone was so enthusiastic for war, why the drafts?

[MrJosephMarzullo]

@johngeetar because the ethusiastic died...

[toddmorrow1]

@stefbot, the trend outlined in Stephen Covey's book "The 7 habits of highly effective people" coincides with your theory of the govt destroying minds when it took over education. It states that at approximately 1926 the success literature switched away from building character (internal values) to building personality (external appearance). Superficial manipulation replaced virtue as the primary ingredient suggested for success. Just more evidence you are on to something...

[jojofulkrum]

8:44-48 Check out the Heartmath Institute

[nobstewartcom]

I love it. I have recently decided to unschool my child as knowing the history of education and why it was designed I cannot with good conscience send my child to a state school. Cheers.

[MrJosephMarzullo]

@nobstewartcom I will also unschool my child :)

[toddmorrow1]

What a refreshing and clarifying look...way to go! good work!

[TheMrnonviolent]

How public education cripples our kids, and why By John Taylor Gatto

[Loyal2Liberty]

"Cast your eye over the map of our country to-day, and show me a section of States from which men shed their blood most freely in battle for the defense of the Union, and I will show you that such States have also expended the most money for public schools . . .. [The public school system's] crowning achievement is that they have educated an army of half a million of men who have volunteered to sustain the national flag with a bayonet." - John Swett, Public education in California, 1911

[DecassyJake]

These are the coolest inttelectual commenters I have ever read on the tube, Kudos to ya'll!;-)

[immayhem]

Fully agree.

Read 'The Underground History of American Education' by John Taylor Gatto if you haven't already.

[1tonykirk]

NWO Shills abound. This one is no different. Speaking about published History and spinning it to fit your own paradigm is one thing... opinion, leaving out important facts that are the real root cause is quite another... disinfo.

Sir Francis Bacon, the grandfather of modern Freemasonry and Rosicrusianism is the architect of his "New Atlantis" (America). Dr Adam Weishaupt & his relationship with the Rothschilds reshaped these plans. Later,Cecil Rhodes and Lord Alfred Milner, reshaped them again

[1tonykirk]

@1tonykirk prior to WWl, actively promulgated unrest between their Royal Cousins/Family (For instance, today, the Grand Master of FreeMasonry is the Duke of Kent, Prince Charles' BROTHER)

It was the East Indies Trading Company (Rothschild) that brought Opium from India to China.

Schnickelgruber (Hitler) in WWll was created and financed by this Banking Cabal.

Read: "The Brotherhood of Darkness" by Stan Montieth, "Timeline of the Rothschilds, by DB Smith, Tragedy & Hope, by Prof Carroll Quigley

[tonytake2]

Your Thesis collaborates with Paulo Friere's concept of the education 'banking' system, see "pedagogy of the oppressed". Another book worth checking out that also backs your thesis is "Deschooling Society" by Ivan Illich.

Good work.

[sofiasmartis]

i find it quite questionable what you say about modern art..

you completely leave out the influence of technology and science, which i think is huge. you seem to completely ignore this factors.

i must say that a lot of interesting things and innovations seem to appear first in modernist times.

[ehpl]

John Taylor Gatto has some good insights into state ran education

[sealhunter5]

Very well done about the public brain drain schooling!

The public schooling is to teach you that learn and get a job and go in DEBT is GOOD !

The Government brainwashing frowns upon free thinkers!

No different then the story the world got about SADDAM HUSAIN , not the real story that he was selling oil in euros! A dollar threat!

[dashedude2]

your historical facts are validated by wikipidia. good enough for me :)

[Nebbyker]

Impeccable logic as usual, always great to listen to you speak out.

[analogious]

Thank you for your insights. The way you draw lines through history is very refreshing.

[MensRifleAssociation]

this guy is pretty smart.

[Sivels]

Every time I watch videos like these from Stefbot, it feels as if my mind expands tenfold, everything just becomes clearer. : )

[migkillertwo]

Steph, you said that Europeans were not very enthusiastic for war between the Napoleonic wars and the first world war. I'm really not sure I can believe this. We have two devastating wars, the Crimean war and the Franco-Prussian wars, the latter being a prime catalyst for world war 1, occurring after the Napoleonic wars.

[knwitham]

GREAT STUFF!!!

[shamat100]

John Gattos book (Dumbing us down ) is a great book about the hidden ciriculum of modern indoctri national institutions (schools). But I just yesterday googled (space junk) and I was deepely saddened by the enormous amount of litter that surrounds our earth as seen from far away satelites. The space junk surrounds us like like a christmas snow globe.

[Northwichita]

Um, I think stefbot is promoting home schooling. If I had just been homeschooled, I'd probably still be at home.

[Weezzuul]

too many of you are dangerously and disgustingly obedient to and trusting of stef... it's nauseating 

[Weezzuul]

i was taught economics and law in public school... some more stef misinformation

[mackyeah]

@Weezzuul I was never taught economics in public school, and I was taught about global warming before it was even propped up by any valid science. I was never taught about the privatisation of education or the growth of the state, only HITLAR WAS BAD; never taught the connection between national-socialism and the socialism that ran the public schools, etc etc.. My public schooling was beyond useless and made me profoundly depressed.

[mackyeah]

@mackyeah Oh, minor gripe at my own comment, global warming has never been propped up by valid science.

[bruno188home]

i was subjected to corporal punishment at a Roman Catholic school, for such minor things. i am starting to see why my farther always spoke badly about public education and its ability to erase freedom and creativity. thanks for helping to understand.

[lnd3005]

Bravo. Just fantastic.

[hargilad]

something cant be right with the 40$ per year in 1999 figures. Let's say that there are 30 pupil per class, that means that they supported a whole school with 1200$ per year per 1 class. With that amount of money, they paid a salary for 1 year for a teacher, cleaning man, administrative roles, management, rent and supplies? I dont know the facts but the 40$ figure is somewhat suspicious, I wouldnt build a theory upon that.

[Weezzuul]

@hargilad i agree, it's just some sort of sensation stat that people here marvel over without thinking about

[lolofdoom]

well, im part of the upper class in society and to be honest. I agree that I want the gap between the rich and the poor. Pay less wages and earn more.

[sozvezdie]

Thank you Stefan very much, very deep and interesting)))

[Snowblindinfinity]

Excellent work Stefan, I have followed both parts of this and I must say it is always impressive how you sort the multitude of facts and manage to connect the dots. Although it is always far more complex than one can express in words, our societies have become such a pit of brainwashing fictions and hidden truths that it is a great help to have someone like you who can teach people to use their own critical thinking skills and realize what has gone so wrong with our world. Thank You so much.

[LunkwillFook]

please, please, please - I BEG you. Talk more about the schools in the 19th century. Never heard about Bell and Lancaster schools. Unbelieveble!

You are really a teacher.

[newgtguy]

It's a brave new world. :)

[pretorious700]

Yes, when I was a boy we had a great time playing "war"-it was presented as something noble and desirable.

[MrDorkusMaximus]

Well done, Stef.

[barrywilliamsmb]

Thank you Stef.

[1schwererziehbar1]

i find it depressing to see how we had a relatively free society in europe and a bunch of assholes who probably were not even smart turned it into the hardcore authoritarianism of today.

[rossispossiofone]

40$ ? I just cannot fathom how that is possible. That would mean that today you would need 1000 pupils to just meet one teacher's salary.

[SonOfTanit]

@rossispossiofone

Yes, with todays fiat currency and government regulations and taxations, you would probably need that amount

[rossispossiofone]

@SonOfTanit

But the 40$ number is already a correction for fiat currency. It would be better to think of it as the cost of each child being an equal percentage of the teachers salary, which we can assume is comparable to the parents. Plus you have material costs, building costs ect.

[SonOfTanit]

@rossispossiofone

Yes I understand, but I did mention "Fiat currency" in combination with government regulations and taxations.

That combination results in the "need" of a 40k salary as you mentioned.

[rossispossiofone]

@SonOfTanit

I do understand that. However how far are you going to have to go in 'correcting' the teachers salary to make it feasible. I think this is just a mistake if it would cost 400$ to educate the child and the teacher earned say 10k then you would be expecting a parent to spend 4% of their income on educating their child. which I think is more likely.

[MrBipBipp]

Besides, during the 19th century, the governments were way too liberal. People worked up to 16 hours in terrible conditions. They had no right to receive support from anyone if they got ill. I know a meritocracy is the best kind of society, but do you really think that the egoism and greed of people don't matter? There must be some kind of control. People don't know what they want, they want A, that causes B, but they don't want B. That doesn't make any sense.

[lnd3005]

@MrBipBipp

Do you think people are inherently evil?

[razoorsharp]

@lnd3005

Would make sense.. not evil though but people ARE in some degree inherantly more violant if it's in their genetics.

Behavior is sometimes taught but more of it is determined by genetics.

[mackyeah]

@MrBipBipp Just to call you out on the "Right to receive support" - This is a positive right (A fiction) which is totally arbitrary and part of a subjective moral system. You can only guarantee positive rights by trampling negative rights (Freedom from violence, etc), which are objective and based in reality. Egoism and greed drive people to compete and contribute in free markets.

[MrBipBipp]

Are you sure that literacy rates in 19th century were high? I doubt so.

[MarmaladeINFP]

@MrBipBipp The 19th century statistics probably aren't all that reliable. Saying someone could read back then might not have meant much more than the ability to recognize simple words in order to follow written instructions such as a recipe.

[newperve]

My god, this Lancaster system is amazing! Not only does it teach the subjects that children want to learn it also teaches _how to teach_. That's the most important skill for the 21st century. Seriously teachers will be, by 2099, more powerful than generals. Arguably they already are. 

[newperve]

Note that the war was only able to continue because the mutinies were kept secret. If there had not been the severest censorship the French would have had to surrender when the public realised how bad the situation was. So you're doubly right about war and lies. War is not a violent situation maintained by deception, it is a deceptive situation maintained by violence.

[Sliptodance]

Supposing there was a dearth of artistic expression before the war of 1914, then the efforts of some servicemen who famously transcribed their experiences in the trenches was a reaction and a return to literacy. I noticed as well that our allied soldiers today are helping define and increase the national identity quotient. A contemporary UK debate is "What makes us British?". These talks are great listening. Keep going!

[Fetchdafish]

Makes great sense, Stefan. As ever you iron out the creases in the voluntaristic argument. Much appreciated.

[darklordsma]

seven mind-explosions,

two videos,

thanks stefan!

[LordMigit]

wow that school system and the prices of it, are stunning! iv got to do more research into it. Thx steff!

[AlterEgoTrip]

Fantastic information! Thank you for this revolutionary and hidden information about the history of education.

[rios9000]

good lord, could you imagine what would happen to our education if the Lancaster school model and others like it were reintroduced. That educational concept is absolutely brilliant.

[Zerafinel]

Thank you for making sense in this nonsensical world.

[ccharlie100]

Its a shame you didn't break this down into two or more parts - there is so much in here of value.

Superb offerring as usual....

[summergiles]

Jesus Stef you are really blowing up their spot. I love it! I hope people pay attention.

[brokenbrainz1]

Man this series is amazing so far. Looking forward to the rest.

[SunBeamsan]

amazing O:

[woodsofodin]

I don't agree w/ u on the art. Speaking as an artist, creating things that are "twisted" or nonsensical does not always express some kind of mental distress. It could be to make people laugh or stand there and wonder "wtf" or just to be different. Yes, expressing discontent is one reason an artist may create distored forms, but it's certainly not the only reason.

As for the rest of the video, this was amazing. And I think you are onto something.

[eulercircles]

@woodsofodin I don't think Stef was saying, and please correct me if I am mistaken, that they were consciously expressing discontent in their paintings. Rather, it was the expression of *unconscious* mental distress that they were not aware of.

[AntiPr0ph3t]

This is a really interesting series. I love hearding about sociological theories. I think schools as they exist today are one of the most devastating institutions we have, rivaling the military. It's horrible how they permanently cripple every single person brought up in our society to some extent, with few exceptions.

Dadaism is great art though.

[Motoicon]

Ah yes, The vision of the anointed..It really boils down to being allowed to be Free to Choose....As for the claim that "We need Government to save us from the rich people"....The government ARE the rich...and the source of nearly all misery.....stemming from their self advancing monopoly on nearly every sector of our culture...Very well done and inspiring. Thanks!!!

[McDicker96]

no one could read before public school excpet the super rich youre a liar. We need a government to save us from the rich people.  Its not perfect but its good enough

[HigherPlanes]

@McDicker96 You have that "bond with the government" he talked about. :(

[PeterTheEvilBastard]

@McDicker96 Utterly false. Literacy rates were in fact higher. Do your research.

[eulercircles]

@McDicker96 Stef provides sources, but McDicker96 doesn't? Tell me, who told you that no one could read before public school except the super rich? Your public school?

[CurtHowland]

@McDicker96 John Taylor Gatto, "An Underground History of American Education"

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It's online, for free, and you are more than welcome to verify every claim made.

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If anything Stefbot is understating the problem.

[Jamesbrown8]

wonderful presentation on another incredibly important and neglected issue

[Jollyprez]

I've studied the Lancaster method - fascinating.

I assume you've heard of John Taylor Gatto?

[Theladiesman04]

If we start over, what can we do to stop a group, from electing a ruler who wants power and greed and corrupts to keep and sustain that power and then in another area we have the same from another group. Who ends up going to war and then we have the small group multiplying and spreading. What institution could we create to stop this from happening ? Is human nature doomed to repeat itself.

[SurpiseDonkeyPunch]

@Theladiesman04 don't let them tax you

[CurtHowland]

@Theladiesman04 Don't obey.

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It's that simple. No government can exist if people do not obey.

[hughtub]

I think part of Picasso's "popularity" in the media is that he publicly said he was a Communist. His early teenage paintings (though I've never seen them) were supposedly extremely realistic, then he went in the direction of random BS on a canvas.

[Theladiesman04]

This man has a touch of genius

[Weezzuul]

i do think you overestimate the effect of public schooling on the population... yes it's bad, but there are products of the market that keep people more apathetic or disinterested in (anti)political matters.. such things as video games, pro sports, movies.. this shit is just like "soma", something you could say religion acted as in the past, but in our culture stuff from the market has usurped this role from religion, of course you could say. what came first, dumb people or interest in dumb shit

[CurtHowland]

@Weezzuul If anything, Stef understates the effects of public school.

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Why else do people put up with tax rates 15 times what medieval serfs paid?

[Weezzuul]

@CurtHowland well, possibly because our quality of life is 15 times or more higher than medieval serfs, our life expectancy is 3 times higher, most of us dont fear that we will starve to death, overall we're more content and have more reason to be content... you've got to contextualize these stats, it's always more complex than you think, society doesn't work in such a simple cause and effect manner

[CurtHowland]

@Weezzuul None of which, not one, has anything to do with government except that it isn't as good as it would be if governments got out of the way.

[lnd3005]

@CurtHowland

Sure, those improvements in quality of life have nothing to do w/ the state, and, yes, the state has always actively opposed them.

However IMO it is reasonable to guess that people are generally more risk averse, b/c of those improvements. I think a person living in relative comfort is much less likely to oppose the state (an organization that specializes in murdering its opposition) than a starving serf or conscript.

What do you think?

[CurtHowland]

@lnd3005 "I think a person living in relative comfort is much less likely to oppose the state (an organization that specializes in murdering its opposition) than a starving serf or conscript."

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That's very likely, I agree.

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Also, us "outliers" are a far smaller portion of the population now than we were when this was a "new" land populated by people ready to give up everything to start over on the other side of the world. One reason I think the baby United States was an aberration.

[Weezzuul]

40 dollars for school? that means one teacher would have to take on 1000 students to earn a livable income. something seems a bit off here

[zalida100]

@Weezzuul Lookup "education reform" wikipeadia. This is where Lancaster schools and $40 thing comes from.

It doesn't say exactly how it was broken down etc but maybe you could follow references at the bottom of the page and it would lead you to the original source.

Sounds like the school pupils had to be a bit inventive to keep costs down. Would be interesting to research maybe. I'm too lazy/busy right now.

[erhnamdj]

@Weezzuul Before income taxes and regulations and subiies, costs were much lower....

[Weezzuul]

@erhnamdj well then the stats are misleading because the 40 dollars would worth relatively more ... if costs and therefore income were much lower, then the cost of school would not be 1/1000 of a person's income.... making what it would cost relatively higher than what 40$ is to us... and thats as if the sum of tuition went to a teacher's salary not considering overhead and textbooks etc.

[TheBookArchive]

@Weezzuul nope. cost of living was down then, let's not be counter intuitive here with dates and facts.

[drew335533]

Here Stef, I got more. Peter Schiff's Video, he talks about how much university prices were in 1810. In 1810, Yale University had a tuition of 33$ which today, would translate to about $1650 dollars. Today the tuition is 40 times as a high. Okay and in 1918, if you worked in a factory you could get about 5$ a day, so if you worked 32 days you could pay for a YEAR at Yale (the annual price was 160$). Z0MG WHAT!?!? that would NEVER happen today!

[lolofdoom]

@drew335533 yeah, but the stuff you learn in yale now are SOOOOO much better than the stuff you would have learned in yale before. If you compare factories before and now, they are more dangerous and strenuous

[qtronReturns]

If you advocated a minimalist, night-watchman state, you could probably get a good segment on Glenn Beck's show.

[lnd3005]

@qtronReturns

Not if he insisted on talking about family. That is, talking about things that are actually important.

[natmanprime]

1) gahdammit stef get your kids OUT of school(or kindergarten)

2) saddam hussein??!?! naaah, he's fucked UP all right FULLY fucked up not 50% fucked up

3) all schools are fascist by NATURE, instil phobias about learning, take the fascism out you got a library (good thing), we must preserve the spark of curiosity, don't torture kids.

PS fuck scrip

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[Weezzuul]

modernist art a result from public schooling? we all know correlation doesn't mean causation... what about , say , industrialization, urbanization? the precursors to modernist art such as impressionism were fueled by industrialization and ruban living. There's a gradual evolution of art into modernist art, it just didn't pop up because of public schooling. And modernist poets like TS Eliot drew heavily on the classics and were criticized for being too intellectual and not sentimental enough

[Weezzuul]

@Weezzuul plus, let's not forget the photograph which drastically changed art, whats the point of an artist trying to realistically representation when a camera can do it better. hence the shift to non-representational art, which poetry and music corresponding or followong

[spudboyspud]

These ideas almost seem obvious once you hear them, yet I have never heard them before. I can't wait for the next episode.

[zalida100]

This is great Stef.

I get the impression that people of a century or so ago were indeed more literate and generally better thinkers than today. (Just kinda on average). This makes your theory quite plausible to me. I don't know much about education structure of that period though.

I wonder what a free market looked like - sounds fascinating.

Great vid Ta

[lordmetroid]

@zalida100 Yet they were bigots, racist, homophobes, violent and didn't regard people as equal. Do not idolize the past. Make the future better.

[zalida100]

@lordmetroid "They" were or "there" were bigots etc etc?

Why would someone want to idolize the past? Where's the benefit in that?

I will certainly try to obey your instructions, just as soon as you explain to me why I must.

Thanks for reply etc

[drew335533]

Z0mg Stef this is brilliant! After being through a year of school (private fortunately but still liberal teachers) everyone teaches you about how bad capitalism is in history. It's nice to finally see someone with a more free market approach to history. I mean, I NEVER learned about the 19th century in public schools or in private schools, it was always just them telling me how bad the 20th century was because we were too capitalist.

[drew335533]

Holy shit dude! R u s0rious? When you first said 40$ dollars I was like, Stef that was a lot of money back then. But dang in 1999 money? That's hardly anything, that's like the cost of god damn video game, and I have like 50. Dude I remember Peter Schiff did a video about College education. He said that government programs DRIVE up prices.

[davyjames]

@drew335533 All government regulations push prices up. All government programs make any free market equivalents cost more. All government programs are run more inefficiently than a market equivalent. Apparently it costs the public schools $7k a year or more to educate a child, whereas the private schools charge something like $3k. It would be much lower without government mandates and regulations.

[xXdmrusXx]

very interesting video thx

[Worldslargestipod]

let me clarify i think that quote is attributed to nathan hale, not horatio nelson. But who knows.

[michaelencarnacion]

I have learned something today. Thank you, stefbot.

[xelenty]

In a year when home schooling has been made almost impossible here in the UK.. The fact that private education was costing $40 over 100 years ago, just blew my mind frankly!!.. Great series Stef.. You are well worth the donations..

[mannyvelo]

First. Well said Stef.

[grandmasterqz]

The purpose of socialism is not to end social inequities, but to consolidate power and control into the hands of the few at the top who dictate the mechanisms of society. that's why government run education works well in achieving that end.

Great series so far, very informative.

there is a video on video.google.com called, "who controls our children" it is more specific on how the public school system is manipulated.

[lordmetroid]

@grandmasterqz You are refering to state socialism, there is an anarchistic side of socialism which emphasize the solidarity amongst people to work for better lifes by cooperating which each other against the elites.

[GtheMVP]

Another intriguing segment Stef!

ONe thing I disagree with is the ending, you can have freedom with a government, as it's the indocrination of bad policy that causes the problems.

Like you said yourself, our kids, like us, were brainwashed since birth, so of course people have diffilculty questioning institutions like the Federal reserve, or our debt centric monetary systems, it's all we've known, born slaves.

REgardless, can't wait for more!



[lordmetroid]

@GtheMVP No you can not have freedom with a government, it is totally contradictory.

[qtronReturns]

I would be interested to hear your views on the relationship between poor educating and poor parenting versus good edu/good parenting.

[erhnamdj]

Wow, Stef. Color me impressed.

I think I liked this one more than your Trial and Death of Socrates videos, which I did not think possible.

[gbates31]

Are there any school texts from before and after the imposition of mandatory public schooling to help prove/disprove the claim that public education is responsible, or played a part in the pro-war sentiment?

[erdal0]

do you think the british also lied about the armenian genocide?

[herpiethelovebug]

Wow, another great presentation Stef. You continue to impress. I know you don't like the Venus Project, but in my mind, this is all the more reason to implement something like it. Your work is some of the more important stuff I have seen. Kudos.

[Worldslargestipod]

i'm not sure if that quote was actually nelson.

[xntryk1]

For much more on the gov't "education" scam, search John Taylor Gatto...

[regresseur]

Very good job.

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

...As if I needed another reason to hate the state because of public education....

[vegetta00]

I`m happy to see this video come up so soon after the first. Again, I`ll be showing my friends this new series. I hope to see the next video soon as well. Thank you, Stef for posting.

[ArtinEmil]

Stef you went to a library? Government owned library? Oh no! Haha. ^_^

[shaudee67]

@ArtinEmil Stef IS the library!! :)

[lordthawkeye]

Your daughter is luckier than she may ever know...

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

@lordthawkeye

True that...

[order9066]

Outstanding!

[kingbarneyoflondon]

Could you clearly label each reference please

[drew335533]

Ask not what your country can do for you. But what you can do for your country.

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

I also thought that during the time the USA had a free market in education, most of Europe had public education systems?

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if those figures for the public schools are under-reported.

Here's why: /watch?v=XzvKyfV3JtE ("The True Cost of Public Education" by catoinstitutevideo)

[zalida100]

@Surhotchaperchlorome Thanks for that link mate. Quite interesting.

I think you'd have to go a long way to find a more inefficient method of doing anything than having a gov do it for you.

Thanks

[1mealperday]

wow! You are a stunning individual. You do work off some notes i see but hold a lot in your mind. I flunked first and 8th grade. Got the ged and practical knowledge over the years. I missed the brainwashing due to moving a lot.

[1mealperday]

@1mealperday Thank you for educating me. I should pay you! Kiss your daughter for me. She must be the reason for the work you do here..

[andyissemicool]

These videos are the historical and philosophical equivalent of a good pair of jugs.

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

Actually, I think the first state schools in the USA were instituted in the 1840s staring in Massachusetts.

[josda1000]

@Surhotchaperchlorome

Figures it had to be Massachusetts.