This attitude in education is important. In order to overcome conspiracy which undermine our minds and to eliminate authoritarianism in politics. Both are prevailing in the present world through populism.
I have not expected to see Bertrand Russel's words shining as a proverb of wisdom after half a century pause since my young days. His works for pacifism, especially anti nuclear arm movement, still remain unforgettable achievement to me.
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“Education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My own belief is that education must be subversive if it is to be meaningful. By this I mean that it must challenge all the things we take for granted, examine all accepted assumptions, tamper with every sacred cow, and instill a desire to question and doubt. Without this the mere instruction to memorise data is empty. The attempt to enforce conventional mediocrity on the young is criminal.“
Populism doesn't have to include authoritarianism, rather it can just be about cherishing family and exercising appreciation and stewardship over our world, and the beauty and skills found in it.
ReplyDeletePopulism seems a group of divergent social movements originated from a farmers' in the US in the end of 19th century so far as I remember. I don't know what kind of populism you mean here. I meant the present movement close to far right in politics and apt to proliferate with the echo chamber in the internet. I believe it would work against democracy.
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