006: Conformity & Compliance

School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation

English - September 17, 2009 12:34 - 36 minutes - 33 MB - ★★★★★ - 331 ratings
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(Introduction to the Hidden Lessons of School)

Topic:
Introducing the three aims of public education:
blind obedience, assimilation, and the surrender of self-ownership
The Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

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