After watching this appalling video, I am more disturbed about America’s direction than EVER before. That is quite a statement to make, given that each day I report on widespread societal corruption, sociopathy, and depravity, as well as the government’s destruction of the business I spent two decades toiling in. Thankfully, I found one of the few positions capitalizing on such intervention, but for the great majority of American society – and the Western world, as a whole – such is not the case.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=VxHfYNTrnic
This video is a five-minute interview with Jack Chambless, an economics professor at Valencia College in Florida. I have not heard of Valencia College, but my sense is the opinions expressed are representative of its youth as a whole, particularly the key 18-24 age group responsible for America’s near-term direction.
Professor Chambless, wasting away teaching a bunch of zombies when he could be using his intellect productively, asked 180 students to write essays about “the American Dream,” and subsequently the role they expect government to play in it.
Of this not-so-small sample, just 10% espoused the type of opinions my readers would give – or Ron Paul, for that matter – that government should mind its own business, letting “economic survival of the fittest” play out. Conversely, a whopping 80% said government should fund the American dream, opining it should not only pay for healthcare, college tuition, and housing, but dispense jobs! The most common answer to the question of how to fund such entitlements was “tax other people,” a self-defeating concept that few understood, and the most alarming response, below:
“As human beings, we are not really responsible for our own acts, and so we need government to control those who don’t care about others.”
Yes, this disgusting statement was written by a 19 year old, living in the most advanced culture in U.S. history and privileged enough to attend college. It terrifies me to even glance at it, as given the results mentioned above I’d guess these sentiments were shared by much of the student population, and by inference America as a whole. And don’t forget Europe, which has a higher proportion of its population living “on the dole” than America’s 44%, which by the way was just 29% in the 1980s.
Chambless attributed this society-killing mindset to the poor state of its education system, plus a growing sense that America is a “Welfare Society” due to non-stop “bailouts” by vote-seeking politicians, armed with unlimited MONEY PRINTING privileges by the Federal Reserve. I believe these two issues are one and the same, as the GOVERNMENT spreads anti-entrepreneurial, pro-socialist PROPAGANDA via the amorphous “Department of Education” (sounds Orwellian, doesn’t it), and funds an increasing proportion of healthcare, college tuition, and housing costs each year.
Of course, such entitlements come at the heavy cost of financial servitude and lack of upward mobility for the rest of one’s life. Not much of a price for brainwashed, unmotivated zombies such as Chambless’ students, but by giving them fish instead of teaching them how to fish, the hordes of useless masses will endanger not only themselves, but the few remaining hard-working, self-sufficient Americans. GOVERNMENT promises of a “free lunch” have fully lobotomized America in less than two decades, ensuring decimation when the fatal flaws of unfunded socialism are shortly exposed, if HYPERINFLATION doesn’t destroy it first.
Ayn Rand’s nightmare is rapidly emerging in America, where “freedom fighters” like us seek to prevent societal implosion by preaching common sense. Unfortunately – as in Atlas Shrugged – we will miserably fail due to the unstoppable momentum of apathy, dependence, and fear. Weakened moral values are the first visible symptom of this terminal disease, followed by collapsing economic productivity and soaring debt – see Greece.
This same path to destruction has occurred in every fiat-based economy throughout history, always ending in tears. America’s loss of critical industry over the past decade, and commandeering of government by sociopathic bankers, has left it defenseless, with only the dollar’s “reserve currency” status preventing us from sharing Greece’s fate today. Unfortunately, the fiat disease is rapidly spreading through America’s body like the Ebola virus, shortly to be killed off by hyperinflation.
By far, this RANT has engendered more negative emotion than any I’ve ever written, so thankfully it has come to its end.
PROTECT YOURSELF – from this – and do it NOW!
Freedom is always collective. It’s not about “gimme”, it’s about sharing. If you don’t share, if you don’t take from the rich and give to the poor, you have no society.
Libertarians should go and live their libertarians dreams in Somalia and leave us alone IMO.
Balz,
I agree completely, except for the generalization about “libertarians.” To me, it is just another ambiguous term utilized to cast dispersions, second only to “liberal” – whatever that means.
Ron Paul claims to be libertarian, yet believes in everything you say.
Andy
I see it every day in the higher education system. Many students entering a supposed top notch engineering college in CO do not appear to have much critical thinking abilities. Video games, beer, memorize the necessary work and regurgitate on paper. College in a nutshell these days. No motivation for actual thoughts and learning, just go get the piece of paper after 4 years that says you are qualified to be a serf in the system. Not many can or want to understand the issues troubling our country and I struggle to find many students who can get over their normalcy bias one little bit let alone understand the true depth of TPTB plans. So discouraging when my supposed “smart” friends do not want to think at levels with any depth whatsoever regarding the world around us. Go to school, get the degree, get a job and the world is grand. They think that world does and will exist into infinity. Oh well, as the rant ends every day, prepare yourself and do it now, that’s all I can do.
Ryan,
I agree, and nothing says it better than the documentary College Conspiracy.
PROTECT YOURSELF, and do it NOW!
Andy
If you follow John Gatto you’ll discover his theory – that the removal of “critical thinking” and the dumbing down of America was deliberate, started in the early 1900’s and by now has become so pervasive you have a generation whose own parent’s cannot think critically. I am disgusted and terrified but I can’t blame these kids – I’m sure their parents have a massive sense of entitlement and IMO they got that from schools.
I have three kids – 17-25 – and I spent way too much time countermanding the “entitlement” crap they brought home from the public school. Everyone gets a medal, everyone gets a reward, everyone gets to graduate, everyone gets to pass – no one – under any circumstance should feel like they aren’t “good enough”. Competition makes others feel “bad” about themselves since only a few come out on top.
Had I found Gatto earlier I might have lived in abject poverty and home schooled.
Dana,
I don’t know of Gatto, or of whether it was deliberate, but America has been dumbed down as quickly as an civilized soceity in history.
I weep for future generations.
Andy
Andy,
Perhaps the inscription on the Statue of Liberty should be changed from “Give me your tired, your poor…” to:
“Gimme, gimme GIMME!”
Curly,
AMEN!
Andy
Dear Mr. Andy,
I have watched the video provided, and then I proceeded to read your article. Your analysis/summary seems to contain several bits of incorrect info.
1. “Yes, this disgusting statement was written by a 19 year old…” This fact seems to have sprouted out of mid-air. The commentator did mention that most of the class were sophomore’s, but he did not make a mention of age.
2. “Chambless attributed this society-killing mindset to the poor state of its education system, plus a growing sense that America is a “Welfare Society” due to non-stop “bailouts” by vote-seeking politicians, armed with unlimited MONEY PRINTING privileges by the Federal Reserve” Chambless does talk about a biased education system, and an increase in Americans on government aid, but he does not mention bailouts or the Fed. This last part has no connection to the video.
3. The source of the video is from Fox News, which is a biased news station as referenced by this poll http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/02/60minutes/main6454361.shtml
I believe that when you talk about the facts, your articles are enlightening. But, when you talk about such ideological matters, your posts become biased without any good support.
Mr. B,
What does it matter how old sophomores are, and how many are not 19 or so?
What else makes it a “Welfare Society” besides MONEY PRINTING, as the nation is $100+ TRILLION in debt with $1+ trillion/year deficits?
What does it matter who aired the interview (and I HATE FOX, by the way)?
Andy