re: Should education be compulsory?

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Now imagine if they weren't.

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Then they'd know how to think for themselves, like me. I was home schooled. You know how I continue to learn, to this day? I read. I think about what I read. I ask myself if it makes sense. If I'm unsure, I read some more, and eventually I figure out where the truth is in the midst of all the bs the world throws out there.

When you go to school (most schools) you learn how to be a "compassionate" fool. You don't learn economics, you learn socialism. Socialism is not a valid economic system. But it "sounds" so compassionate.

They re-write the history books to tell whatever story fits into their narrative. And kids show up at protests shouting nonsense about all of the hateful, "privileged" white people. Someone asks them for just one actual example of this white privilege, and they can't do it. Same thing happens when you ask them for just one observable scientific example for evolution. They can't do it. All they have are talking points. Make them self-examine their beliefs, and they freeze up, or start shouting at you.