Jiang argues that the Western model of governance is unsustainable because public schooling exists to brainwash children into believing in the mythology and historical continuity of the nation-state.
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Public Schooling
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Jiang argues that contemporary schools, including private schools, no longer teach children to read books, write essays, or think for themselves, and instead mainly deliver ideological content and passive social conditioning.
Jiang says public schools no longer have real relevance because they fail at intellectual formation and instead reproduce compliant attitudes.
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"...is the demise of the nation -state. Why do we have public schooling? Because we need to brainwash kids to believe that a nation..."
"and I can tell you kids don't learn anything in school, and I work in a private school as well, right? Mm -hmm. schools..."
"...money will be diverted from elsewhere into pensions. Where? Schooling. Right? Public schooling. Healthcare. Everywhere basically. Okay? But that but the pensioners will want..."
"...to tell you the three societies that first introduced mandatory, free public schooling in the world, okay? The first is called Sparta, okay? Sparta..."
"...sparta aspects and pressure with a few societies that had free public schooling why didn't other studies just copy them why okay let me..."
"...to tell you the three societies that first introduced mandatory, free public schooling in the world. Okay? The first is called Sparta. Okay? Sparta..."
"...Sparta, Aztecs, and Prussia were the few societies that had free public schooling. Why didn't other societies just copy them? Why? Okay, let me..."
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