The idea that one can become smart by acquiring a diploma or degree has not been challenged to the extent that it should be. In America, we have a society and an economy which are diverse and in many ways wasteful. Today, we have over 315 million people taking up space, consuming resources and living the illusion of an American Dream. You might believe that you are free, but you are just another cog on a gear in a massive machine.
The Breakdown of Our Lives
What have you done in life? You probably have spent the majority of your years paying off debt, paying taxes and trying to provide for your family. The first 25 years of your life was spent, will be spent or is being spent wastefully. That's right, the first 25 years of your life is, was or will be a total waste. By age 5 you are in school, likely public school. By age 18 you have graduated from the 12th step in the public school program and have acquired a piece of paper and a cute little hat with a cute floppy tassel. You were gifted a big heavy book full of memories, names and pictures. It is all bullshit that serves no valid purpose. The only reason a Diploma or a GED mean something is because the Dept of Education uses that piece of paper as a lynch pin that will make or break your future. If you have no diploma or GED, you likely will never get a job. Why is that? Why does a piece of paper, a glorified certificate of completion mean that you are capable and fully qualified to participate in the workforce?
After high school, you either have or either will gone three routes: Military Service, College/University, Work Force. Enlisting in the Armed Forces is probably a better choice than enrolling in college/university but those who lack both physical and mental strength and endurance will likely choose a life of debt, booze, girls, textbooks and prescription medication over a life of pride, honor, dignity and accomplishment. By going to college, you are only increasing the likelihood that you will become a status-quo slave to the economic system. By joining the Military, you at least have an option if you cannot make it in the civilian marketplace.
By age 30, you probably will have more regrets tan you can count. Missed opportunities, family problems, personal problems, financial troubles; the list goes on. The extent of your depression hinges on the path you took before you reached the 9th grade. The worst part is, you wont recognize how much of a waste your schooling was until you are in your mid 20's or early 30's. This realization will come at a point in your life when you have actual financial obligations but have no way of meeting them. You will search for a reason as to why your life is a mess, why you can't pay off those student loans. The answer is hard to accept but easy to find: Your education was meaningless.
Intellectualism is a Form of Economic Suicide
Such a statement probably seems extreme, but it is accurate. There can only be so many people dedicated to forms of work that do not produce goods. Do not confuse an Intellectual with a Thinker. A Thinker is someone who is able to create a solution, a product or a method while an Intellectual is someone who is able to create a problem by believing that they have the solution to an existing problem. Two wrongs don't make a right but hey, the dude from Harvard has got it under control. An intellectual does not contribute any products to the market place, they do not even fall into the category of the Service Industry. Intellectuals create policies, ideas, regulations and concepts that are designed to be imposed and standardized. An intellectual is easily described as someone who believes that because of their education, they know what is best for other people. They do not understand the idea of individuality, they demand conformity and collectivism. Without collectivism, their is no way to impose your will or control others. Intellectuals commonly will snark at others who question them by saying something along the lines of, "well, I studied _____ at Yale University." Little do they know that nobody other than fellow ivy league snarky snarkletons gives a damn. Intellectualism has no place in an economy, but thrives in society and when you put both an economy and a society into a blender, the end result is a thick dark slurry of tyranny and oppression. The reason our elected officials are useless is because they are Intellectuals. There can only be so many people who are in positions of control and power. The more intellectuals there are, the more we will have to import goods and export services. Nobody wants to do business where a few people get to impose their will on everyone else, this is why freedom works and big government doesn't.
Productivism is a Form of Economic Growth
In all developed, civilized countries, the need for the production of goods exceeds the need for the institution of ideas. Sure, ideas or concepts can become a product, we see this often in Silicon Valley where robots are being built to eventually replace human fast food employees. Automation was once an idea, a concept of science fiction, today, it is becoming a reality. The wheel keeps on turning though. Fast food workers may loose their jobs to robots, but there will be a massive demand for technicians and maintenance workers. Manufacturing has played a huge part in America becoming the most powerful country in the world but intellectualism is what caused the decline that we have seen over the last 30 years or so. For America to grow, the people need to contribute. They need to learn a skill and become an asset to both society and the economy. The main problem is the lack of work ethic in the 30 and under generation and this is largely the fault of pop culture, public schools and parents who are not qualified to be parents. Incentive does not exist if we don't create it and the truth is that we need to get tough on the millennials and future generations. This is why I support the idea of requiring high school students to get a job and hold it in order to graduate. Every single 17 year old should be forced to get a job and if they do not have one by age 18, they either need to stay in 12th grade until they get a job or they need to join the military.
The Concept of the 99% and 1%
The 99% vs 1% war is a corrupt perversion of reality living through a movement known as Occupy. The movement itself died out faster than it emerged, but the idea that there are two groups, a 99% and a 1% is very much alive. This idea is not a Leftist idea because when you look at what 99% means, it is referring to "The Masses" and when you identify the 1%, it is the Ruling Class or the Elitists. The truth of the 99% vs 1% has been obscured by political activist groups who hijacked the original movement and then mated it with the AFLCIO and the SEIU as a Socialist Workers Party movement who believe that all workers deserve a "fair wage." This begs the question, what is a "fair wage"? If one believes that $15.00 an hour is a fair wage for fast food employee then I have a mountain in Florida to sell you. The incremental increase of the minimum wage is designed to eventually be at an amount sufficient enough for the Left to propose the idea of a "blanket wage" or Industry Wages. I will talk more about that in another post.
In reality, our nation is much more diverse than two demographics. I have categorized it into several classes, all must contribute and play a part in order for there to be prosperity and growth.
We have:
Ruling Class (2%)
Corporate Class (12%)
White Collar Class (20%)
Blue Collar Class (38%)
Poverty Class (28%)
The Ruling Class imposes laws, taxation, regulation, policy etc. The Corporate Class suggests what policies, regulations etc are created and they also provide jobs to the White Collar Class and a portion of the Blue Collar Class. Part of the White Collar Class provides jobs to the Blue Collar Class and the Poverty Class. The majority of the Poverty Class is unemployed and dependent on programs provided by the Ruling Class and funded by the Blue Collar, White Collar and Corporate Classes.
There is a massive imbalance within this breakdown of classes. It would take me days to explain every aspect of the problems but the current education, government, system, taxation and urbanization are problematic to both the economy and the society.
The Key to a Thriving Economy
The way to achieve economy stability is through social advancement. We need to abolish most of the Government and institutions that are not local. We need more Trade schools and less public schools. There should be public schools dedicated to technology and trades for grades 8-12. If teenagers learn marketable skills, they will not need to waste 3-7 years attending university pursuing a certification of participation in social slavery known as a Diploma. It's 2014 and anyone can become a millionaire by creating the next hit App for smartphones. School choice is very important and the ability for one to choose where they go to learn and what they learn should be a constitutional right. We need tax reform, starting with repealing the federal income tax and eventually defunding the IRS. We need judicial reform starting with decriminalizing all non-violent victimless crimes. Putting anyone other than rapists, murderers, batterers, scammers and drug dealers in jail solves nothing. We need all states to be right to work states and we need to end the Unions. We need to abolish the Federal government, go back to the gold standard and put every single aspect of governance into the control of local government and the people. Liberalism needs be outlawed. States should be encouraged to secede if the voters approve on secession. It will take time, but America will be a much better place if those things happen.
