Enemies of Liberty
Sam Aurelius Milam III
For
years, I've heard people complain about the failure of the "public" schools.
In all of those years, through all of those complaints, I've never yet
heard anybody correctly articulate the nature of the failure. Here
are some of the aspects of that failure.
The "public" schools have failed to teach
the children the difference between a right and a privilege.
They have failed to teach the children the
difference between freedom and permission.
They have failed to teach the children the
fundamental principles of liberty.
They have failed to inform the children of
the routine, flagrant, and daily violations of the fundamental principles
of liberty, every day, all over the land.
They have taught the children that an illusion
of security is more important than liberty.
They have told the children that security
can be provided by the exercise of governmental surveillance and intrusion.
They have taught the children that governmental
surveillance and intrusion are necessary prerequisites of liberty, and
that they are undertaken in the name of liberty and for the sake of liberty.
They have failed to instruct the children
in the ancient principles of contract.
They have failed to tell the children that
a contract obtained on behalf of someone, by a third party, without the
understanding or consent of the person for whom the contract has been obtained,
doesn't cause an obligation to accrue to the person for whom the contract
was obtained. They have failed to tell the children that their Social
Security numbers, obtained for them when they were below the age of consent,
by third parties (their parents), represent such contracts. They
have failed to advise the children that their first act as an adult, immediately
after blowing out the 18th candle on the cake, should be to go to the nearest
Social Security office and demand that the contract be rescinded.
They have told the children that the U.S.A.
is a democracy.
They have told the children that it's good
for the U.S. government to forcibly impose its political theories, economic
systems, social ideologies, and religious dogmas on other countries.
They have failed to inform the children of
the atrocious acts committed by the U.S. government in foreign lands.
They have led the children to believe that U.S. foreign policy is intended
to liberate foreign peoples.
They have failed to reveal the numerous flaws
in the pedigree and substance of the U.S. constitution and Bill of Rights.
They have failed to teach the children that
a constitution should limit the powers of government, not the rights of
people.
They have told the children that the U.S.
constitution, with its Bill of Rights, is the exclusive source of the rights
of the American people.
They have taught the children that people
have an obligation to obey authority.
They have failed to teach the children the
difference between despotism and legitimate authority.
Yes,
the "public" schools have failed. Their failure is so miserable,
so abysmal, so reprehensible, that they don't even deserve to be called
schools. When I'm in a generous mood, I call them brainwashers.
When my mood is less generous, I declare them to be enemies of liberty,
sources of ignorance, and purveyors of misinformation, which is exactly
what they are.
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