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Jiang says modern schooling trains children into endless competition, funnels them through more elite competition, and likely leaves them unhappy even when they succeed.
British schooling works as elite indoctrination: English education teaches colonial elites to see British culture as superior and to seek British mobility.
He claims macroeconomic studies show school performance matters less than parental class: rich parents tend to produce successful children, while poor parents tend not to.
Jiang says bureaucratic edits make stories less interesting but more effective at controlling thought, turning lively legends into teachable, brainwashing classics.
Jiang argues that middle-class life is now difficult because monopolistic bureaucracies control expensive essentials such as hospital services, schooling, and housing.
He predicts a pension crisis will divert money from schooling, public schooling, healthcare, and almost everywhere else because pensioners are politically powerful and socially protected.
Modern schooling comes from the Prussian military model: separate children from families, make them anxious and obedient, and train them for soldiering; industry later adopts the same system for factory workers.
The Aztecs are not treated as simple or backward; Jiang emphasizes courts, judges, schooling, legal code, hierarchy, economy, and one of the largest cities in the world.
"we don't there's something deeper though yeah I mean like okay I mean like let's think about how schools work nowadays right kids go..."
"Right. And so, but to do that, you need to create God. Okay. And the way to create God is by creating a monopoly,..."
"So, I mean, the pandemic these past two years have, I think, been a big part of my life. I mean, really clarified for..."
"Look, I mean, the thing that's most important is to pay attention because the reality is that this new generation does not pay attention...."
"Compliant. Okay? To be compliant. Compliant. Yeah. Yeah. Right? And what they want is compliancy. And that's what you're taught in school nowadays."
"No, but but also like the drug, the prevalence of drugs right now on children, like like like if you move in class, OK,..."
"It's not natural for kids to sit inside for eight, nine hours a day. They need to be outside because that's that's what we..."
"And you know, like, that's a great secret that these elites understand. You know, like in school, we're taught that, oh, you know, it's..."
"The second thing that allows this to happen is schooling, okay? So what do I mean by that? The British, when they conquered India..."
"But if you go through the British system, you might win a scholarship to go study at Oxford or Cambridge, okay? You even might..."
"Okay? Does that make sense? But just because you have growth mindset, deliberate practice, and resilience, does not mean you succeed. Okay? So the..."
"say you know what we don't care what you do as long as you give us money. Okay? That's the first version. Second version..."
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