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Old December 10th, 2010 #4
Rick Ronsavelle
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Default "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

If the American people are already so dumb, why don't the PTB just sit back and relax? Why do they engage in deliberate dumbing down of a group of morons?

Why not abandon the government school monopoly? The folks would still be morons with private, voluntary schools. . .just like today. . .nothing would change. . .

John Dewey was already old (66) in 1925. Progressive schools were already ruining minds.

"In 1912, Dewey sent out students of his philosophy to found The Park School of Buffalo and The Park School of Baltimore to put it into practice. These schools operate to this day within a similar progressive approach." (wiki)