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The Great Escape

Andy440 Wrote: Aug 27, 2009 11:28 AM

You hit the nail on the head, Dr. Sowell. The central moral failure of our time is the unwillingness and the refusal of multitudes in this country to take responsibility for their OWN lives and their OWN actions. These folks- unfortunately, perhaps now the MAJORITY in our culture- have been conditioned thru a non-stop drumbeat of propaganda thru the media, public education and higher education, and, of course, the political 'champion' of their cause, the Left-wing "we can do it all for you because we know you're only a victim with no personal responsibility Big Government' party", to REFUSE to take responsibility for their lives, their own actions, and their own future. (I think the indoctrination has gone on so long, as is so deep,...

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The Great Escape

Many of the issues of our times are hard to understand without understanding the vision of the world that they are part of. Whether the particular issue is education, economics or medical care, the preferred explanation tends to be an external explanation-- that is, something outside the control of the individuals directly involved. Education is usually discussed in terms of the money spent on it, the teaching methods used, class sizes or the way the whole system is organized. Students are discussed largely as passive recipients of good or bad education.