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Activism And The Demise Of The American University Rant
Ah yes,
academe, college, and university.
Professors and students searching for truth, wisdom, and that ever
elusive and perhaps mythical, “higher plane.”
The expansion of the mind amid ivy-covered brick and stone buildings
nestled so far away from the humdrum and mundane. These are special places where the best and
the brightest of our nation’s youth can spend four to six to eight years honing
their intellect and sharpening their ability to think critically, independently,
and creatively. Out of such institutions
will emerge our nation’s leaders, movers, and shakers. Those who successfully navigate the rigors of
higher education can in many ways be called America’s elite who will take their
rightful place as decision and policy makers in virtually any field of endeavor
you can possibly imagine. Many of our
business leaders hail from this milieu.
Our future political and social elites come from the same background. Those who take on the weighty and crucial
task of educating our young likewise come from the hallowed halls of
academia. At the university will be learned
and absorbed the so-called wisdom of the ages.
Eager-faced and bright-eyed students will be taught the collective
wisdom of those who have come before and will be steeped in the history of the
nation and the world. They will be
taught the various philosophies that have guided and shaped so much of human
development, progress and achievement.
They will be exposed to the latest in science, mathematics, engineering,
technology, and more. By the end of
their tenure in the hallowed halls, they will emerge as not merely average
citizens but rather as a group that will lead the nation to new heights of
progress, enlightenment, success, and excellence. They will carry the torch passed down to them
by previous generations. They will in
turn be expected to guide, nurture, and nourish future Americans who will carry
on the time-honored traditions of our nation’s great past.
Yeah,
don’t that sound grand? Doesn’t that
sound ever-so hopeful, idealistic, and full of promise? Well like pretty much everything else, once
you dig just below the surface the image and the PR proves to be more than just
a bit tarnished, jaded, and misleading.
The fact is that more and more of our college and university students
emerge from academe literally unemployable and dismally unprepared to deal with
the realities and stresses of the real world.
We seem to be educating an entire generation of what might accurately be
termed emotional cripples who are woefully incapable of stepping into the adult
world that awaits them. For the past
dozen or so years, about half of college graduating classes cannot find
employment and those who do cannot find jobs in any way related to what they
learned in those ivy-covered towers. How
many times have we heard story after story about college grads winding up
flipping burgers at the fast food emporium in town? How many of us have encountered recipients of
four year college degrees stocking shelves at the local grocery store or the
Home Depot? Well, of course, you
respond. Given the pathetic state of our
economy, what the Hell did you expect?
Well, okay. Perhaps that’s part
of it – but it’s only a very small part.
In fact, those college and university grads who can’t find employment
related to their major fields of study have themselves to blame. If one takes up a major in, say, Art History
then you will almost certainly be under or unemployed. If one’s major concentration is English
Literature, Renaissance Philosophy, or American History the same outcome is
pretty much guaranteed.
You see,
it’s really about choices and making the wrong ones certainly has
consequences. If we compare
employability between those who chose a major in the Liberal Arts and those who
majored in what has been termed the STEM Fields (science, technology,
engineering, math) it is the latter group that finds jobs more quickly and
almost always related to their major fields of study. Choices, like elections, have
consequences. Unfortunately, the trend
among far too many so-called “Millennials” is to move back home and live in
Mommy and Daddy’s basement and not, mind you, for just a brief stint. It’s increasingly becoming a permanent
arrangement. These “kids” are simply not
prepared to compete in the adult world and are seemingly extending their
adolescence permanently. As adults, they
are a fairly useless lot and as future national leaders they are far worse than
useless. They will be under and
unemployed far into the foreseeable future and too many of them will lead lives
of utter dependency for the things in life that they want and need.
When Mom
and Pop finally stop dispensing the “goodies”, the government will step in and
become the surrogate parents. In an ever
increasing socialist state, these college graduates, these children of
privilege, will learn the unmitigated joys of completely subsidized lives. They will learn the wondrous benefits of food
stamps, welfare checks, and “free” healthcare.
They will be schooled in the fine art of Entitlement Expectations and
will be taught that the country owes them whatever they demand while they are
expected to give back nothing in return save for voting for that political
party that best represents what I have termed the Santa Clause Syndrome. It’s damned hard to win when your opponent is
a jovial fat guy in a red suit sporting a bushy white beard who is giving away
the fucking store! The problem here is
that never before in our nation’s past could we have envisioned America’s
educated class thinking or behaving in this manner. These folks, our nation’s elite, have never,
ever, needed this kind of coddling and we have never associated them with that
“gimme” mentality so prevalent in our society.
Hand-outs were for those “others” but not for our college and university
graduates who used to attend the halls of higher learning in part so that their
earning power over their working life times would be enhanced over and above
those who chose another path.
The
apparent trend at our halls of higher learning in today’s America is to produce
unproductive citizens without the necessary skills to become active, successful
members of a competitive society. They
are trained in nothing particularly useful but instead are steeped in the
philosophy of “feel goodism” and instant gratification. Our college and university attendees are
apparently learning nothing that will stand them in good stead after
graduation. They are taught that life in
America is unfair and that the United States is the world’s leading source of
evil, racism, and exploitation of the world’s poor, oppressed, and weak. This is what far too many of those attending
college learn and by the time they graduate it has become their mantra. They leave the university after having been
thoroughly brainwashed rather than properly educated. They graduate having been taught nothing but
disdain and hatred for the country that has allowed them the privilege of
extending their childhoods well into their twenties and beyond. They come out of college completely pliable
and malleable as opposed to independent-minded and clear-thinking. They are far too easily led and swayed while
thinking critically is something that is totally beyond their ken or ability.
The reason
for this is abundantly clear, unmistakable, and not open to doubt or
debate. The reason is Liberalism and the
Liberals who overwhelmingly dominate every aspect of virtually all of our
institutions of so-called higher learning.
Liberalism is the major theme and constant running through all avenues
of higher education in America and this has been the case since at least the
1960’s. This is when our universities
became radicalized, revolutionized, and thoroughly anti-American in both tone
and timber. Liberals, in fact, have
dominated all levels of America’s educational system from pre-K right on
through college and university. Our
schools have become hotbeds of anti-Americanism at all levels and our students
have become thoroughly indoctrinated in much the same way as were students in
the old Soviet Union. The good that this
country has done for the world is almost completely ignored and we are
invariably presented as the world’s worst oppressor and aggressor. According to the professorial class, there is
nothing positive or uplifting about our country and certainly nothing worthy of
praise or emulation. It is anything but
surprising, then, that by the time the LFE (Liberal Fucking Elite) has completed
brainwashing our youth, they graduate completely devoid of any and all notions
of patriotism, nationalism, or gratitude.
There has
also, it seems, been a precipitous decrease in the ability of our college youth
to focus or stay on track. There seems
to be a loss of the ability to concentrate.
Completing tasks and fulfilling goals, especially those that are deemed
relatively long-term, is proving far too difficult and arduous for an ever
increasing percentage of those who attend college and university in present-day
America. Commitment and persistence,
once valued character traits, have been overshadowed by a pronounced here and
now mentality coupled with a huge and unhealthy dose of, “feel goodism.” Instant gratification has become the motto
and watch-word of an entire generation of America’s youth who have apparently
lost the ability to think in the long range.
This is perhaps embodied most clearly in the current level of “protest”
movements that seem to be raging across college “campi” everywhere in the
United States. It seems that our college
and university students are indeed in a rage about almost anything and
everything that even slightly or mildly offends them. It also appears that there is literally
nothing under the sun that doesn’t offend them.
Our youth have been transformed into what might aptly be termed
“rage-aholics” and they nurture their anger to the virtual exclusion of all
else including their academic studies and responsibilities.
Their
angst is apparently all-consuming and has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with
preparing them to become useful and productive citizens. Their bellicosity and belligerence is
directed at any and all forms of perceived or imagined injustice or unfairness
anywhere they can be found or fabricated.
You will find our college youth marching, screaming, stomping, and
holding their breath until blue in the face.
When they finally exhale, they take to mindless shouting and screaming
over whatever happens to be perceived as the latest injustice de jure. They are so busy protesting that attending
class and completing assignments no longer seems to matter. They refer to themselves as activists and so
diligently pursue that calling that they end up activating themselves right out
of school. They fail out and drop out
much to the displeasure of parents who shelled out tens upon tens upon tens of
thousands of dollars so that their little darlings could avail themselves of a
fine higher education supposedly reserved for only the best and brightest among
us. I’m also quite sure that Mom and Pop
shelled out all that “coinage” so that their privileged offspring would land a
job somewhere that could be parlayed into a lucrative career that might one day
lead to financial independence.
Apparently, not so much anymore.
Activism and protesting are now at the forefront of the college and
university experience while academic rigor and excellence has taken a decidedly
back seat. After all, it’s certainly
easier and much more mindless taking to the streets and “activating” rather than
taking to the library and studying. The
latter takes intellectual effort, concentration, and dedication to
purpose. The former takes no thought or
introspection and is the epitome of hedonistic mindlessness. These so-called protest movements are populated
by those who are easily swayed and mislead and are guided by demagogues who by
far and away put the sleaziest of politicians to shame. Our youth are being used – as youth and
inexperience often are – by cynical and sinister forces that are by no means
altruistic nor are they sincere in their efforts. They are modern-day rabble rousers who merely
take advantage of young minds and hearts who simply have not lived long enough
or experienced enough to make consistently rational, thoughtful, or sagacious
decisions regarding their own lives let alone the future of the nation.
Well then,
if you’re a young kid going off to college and probably leaving home for the
first time what protest and activist choices await? What movements, causes, and issues can you
take up and champion while guzzling down as many “brewskies” as you can manage
before puking all over your Air Jordans?
Indeed, what kind of activist-protestor will you be? Will you take to the streets to vent your
displeasure at life’s inequities? Will
you engage in peaceful civil disobedience a la Martin Luther King or will you
become a rock and bottle thrower vis-à-vis Malcolm X? Will you loot, burn, and destroy public and
private property or rather engage in the time-honored and nonviolent sit down
strikes that hearken back to the 1960’s?
So many, many choices and so very little time! Once these weighty decisions have been made,
with what specific protest movement or movements will you donate your time and
energy to? After all, at some point the
old economic conundrum of opportunity costs will inevitably kick in. What to do, what to do?
The
choices here can literally make one dizzy-giddy. Let’s see, how about that old favorite of
Racist America, especially if you’re a white, middle class child of privilege? That’s always a good one. If the racism track is not your particular
forte, how about the related and exciting possibility of White Privilege and
the guilt trip associated with it? Then,
of course, there is the up and comer known as income inequality. Just think of the possibilities that exist in
this genre. There is always the field of
Social Justice which pretty much encompasses every form of inequity and
injustice imaginable. We can climb onto
the Gay Rights Activism Bandwagon and champion the cause of the lesbian, gay,
transgender, cross-dresser, go both ways, and go all ways crowd. We must, of course, not forget the entire
Anthropomorphic Global Warming Hucksters – uh, I mean activists. Nor can we ignore the ever present Animal
Rights Advocates. The Environmentalist –
Save the Earth mob also has much to offer when it comes to mindless blather and
dither. The choices are virtually
endless but none of them has anything at all to do with academic excellence,
productivity, or getting value for the bucks that Mommy and Daddy shelled out. Now, of course, strategy, tactics, and
logistics come into play. Do we pick one
cause and stay with it exclusively? Do
we pick two or three of our favorites and spread our time, energy, and effort
equally among them? Perhaps we could
concentrate on a different protest movement for each month of the year. Yeah, and here you thought this whole
activist thing was such a simple deal.
Think again, Skippy!
If you
don’t think all of this protesting-activism comes at a significant cost to our
young agitators then you’d better become more familiar with the rigors,
pitfalls, and hazards associated with such activities. Protesting, marching, hooting, and hollering
are physically, emotionally, and psychologically exhausting. Those of us not directly involved with the
“movement” can’t possibility be expected to understand or comprehend the toll
exacted upon those whose lives are given over to the so-called greater
good. A piece entitled, “Liberal
Activism is Giving Students Panic Attacks, Depression, Failing Grades (http://reason.blog),”
notes that, “It’s exhausting work being offended all the time.” I wonder what it’s like being angry, pissed
off, and peeved all the time, twenty-four seven, three sixty five? That’s just gotta be a damned tough row to
hoe. The article goes on to inform that
at Brown University student protestors suffer, “from suicidal thoughts,
sleepless nights, panic attacks, and failing grades as a result of their
advocacy.” One young fellow who would
not allow his real name to be used in print explained that, “There are people
breaking down, dropping out of classes and failing classes because of the
activism work they are taking on.”
Activism
work? Does activism now qualify as some
kind of genuine, bone fide employment?
Where does one go to become qualified in the “work” of activism? Perhaps there are degrees offered in this
field or possibly an internship or two.
This same fellow who insisted on anonymity has chosen to specialize in
confronting, “issues of racism and diversity.”
How nice for the young lad. Maybe
he would be better served by confronting such issues as biology, economics, and
American history. I can absolutely
guarantee you that the young rabble-rouser insisted on remaining anonymous for
fear that Mom and Dad would find out what he was really doing at dear old Brown
U for which they were forking over $62,000 per anum for an undergraduate
degree. They’d immediately pull the plug
on that nonsense and the poor, little spoiled shit would have to go home and
attend the local community college or, even worse, get a fucking job!
This guy’s
role as a student activist has apparently taken quite a toll on his mental,
physical, and emotional health. In fact
he says, “My grades dropped dramatically.
My health completely changed. I
lost weight. I’m on antidepressants and
anti-anxiety pills right now.” Yeah,
another drugged-out, pill-popping loser using his “activism” as an excuse for
poor grades and a refusal to take his responsibilities seriously. I wonder if there’s any guilt over the fact
that he’s wasting a sixty grand per year university education? That’s roughly a quarter million dollars of
Mom and Dad’s money if the schmuck ever does manage to graduate. The author of the piece maintains that, “I
don’t begrudge students choosing activism over classes. If that’s what they want to spend their time
on, fine.” The writer goes on to quote a
piece from the National Review which suggests, “that students struggling to
balance their mental and emotional needs with the demands of their coursework
might consider giving up on school entirely.
One doesn’t need a degree to be a full time activist, after all.” Exactly right. Be a full time activist or a full time
student and do either of them well.
That’s far better than doing a half-assed job at both!
In a
similar vein, a piece entitled, “Brown University Proves That Leftist Activism
Makes Kids Mentally Ill and Morally Stupid (http://dailywire.com),”
explains that, “Brown’s students are now undergoing a severe hardship: they had
to work so hard on leftist activism that school burdens became too much.” Yeah, that’s really so sad isn’t it? My heart goes out to these whiney, spoiled
little brats who are so put upon and stressed that they undoubtedly have
difficulty walking and chewing gum at the same time. I guess multi-tasking isn’t for the weak of
heart and mind. The author continues
that, “the parents of these dolts should be ashamed they’re spending hundreds
of thousands of dollars to turn their teenagers into useless members of society
more focused on feeling microaggressed than learning life skills.” He advises that the, “purpose of a university
is not to provide a forum for your teenage angst. It is to receive an education. That education is not secondary to your
activism. If you want to be an activist
first, go sleep in a park and poop on police cars like the rest of the members
of Occupy Wall Street. If you want to be
a student, shut up and learn about perspectives with which you may not
agree.” I’m gonna go out on a limb here
and guess that the author of this piece has not yet embraced the
ideology-idiocy of political correctness which has thoroughly infected and
corrupted so many of America’s colleges and universities. How’s that for a wild stab in the dark?
The
problem identified at Brown University, as well as far too many others, does
not merely affect our institutions of higher learning. There are ramifications here that are far
reaching and ranging and are severely and detrimentally impacting the entire
nation. The attitudes and actions evinced
by students at good old Brown University border on the pathologically self-centered
and narcissistic. These folks seem to
believe that the world revolves around them and their over inflated egos. To be angry and incensed at virtually
everything and anything smacks of nothing more than an out of control sense of
“me-ism.” It’s all about me and my hurt
feelings. It’s all about me and my
outraged and outrageous sense of inequity and unfairness. I am, in fact, the center of the universe and
have been utterly victimized by societal forces and trends not of my
making. I am the ultimate and
quintessential victim and the world must take care of me, assuage my more than
hurt feelings, and repair my delicate and decimated sense of self-esteem. Oh, woe is me, woe is me. However am I expected to cope not to mention
thrive in such a hostile and cruel environment?
This attitude and mindset are both pathetic and nauseating and yet they
seem to be ascendant everywhere in our institutions of higher education. We are witnessing far too many emotional
basket cases out there who can’t seem to handle the “rigors” of a completely
sheltered and cocooned life of academia.
When these pathetic creatures, these over-grown and spoiled children,
hit the real world or more accurately, when the real world slams them full in
the face, they are simply not equipped to handle it.
One of the
central purposes and most important goals of any educational system at any time
and place is to prepare the younger generation to effectively lead society when
the older folks can no longer do so. It
is a natural and normal transition.
Sadly and tragically, this no longer appears to be the case. Our young folks seem anything but ready and
prepared to lead our country especially at a time when such leadership seems
desperately needed. In this regard, our
universities have failed to successfully carry out their most crucial societal
role and this can only hurt our country.
The author of the piece notes that, “The students aren’t learning
anything but the self-righteousness of self-declared victimhood. Brown is a private university, so it’s
parents who bear the burden, not taxpayers.
But our universities are creating an entire generation of morally and
psychologically ill students thanks to their kowtowing to the squeakiest,
saddest wheels.” Additionally, “A campus
culture devoted to policing speech and punishing speakers is likely to engender
patterns of thought that are surprisingly similar to those long identified by
cognitive behavioral therapists as causes of depression and anxiety. The new protectiveness may be teaching
students to think pathologically.” He’s
right, you know. I wouldn’t be surprised
to see in the not too distant future course offerings like, “Creative Pathology
101,” or perhaps, “Advanced Pathological Thinking and Behavior.” The author concludes by noting that, “We’ll
all be paying the freight for these self-appointed victims who wallow in their
victimhood, to the detriment of society and the country.”
An article
entitled, “Four Roles of Activists (www.turningthetide.org)”
attempts to provide student activists with a rationale for their activities and
behavior but nowhere in it can be found any emphasis on the “student” aspects
of university rabble rousing. The
article focuses on teaching our young folks how to be successful activists,
agitators, and protestors but it does not at all emphasize the responsibilities
those young folks have toward succeeding academically and intellectually. The piece literally treats “activism” as
something akin to a genuine, bone fide field of endeavor to be taken at least
as seriously as more traditional fields of study that lead to constructive and
productive professions and careers that actually make positive contributions towards
our nation’s future success and progress.
The author begins by advising that activists, “need to be seen as
responsible citizens in order to win respect, acceptance and legitimacy from
the majority of ordinary citizens who must be won over for movements to
succeed.” Do you notice the unabashed
hypocrisy here? Note the emphasis on
the, “need to be seen as responsible citizens.”
Need to be seen?
In effect,
then, the activist doesn’t really have to be an actual, bone fide responsible
citizen as long as they are perceived as being so. This guy has managed to out
Machiavelli old Machiavelli. In The
Prince, Machiavelli maintained that the ruler didn’t really have to be good or
wise or kind so long as the people being governed could be hoodwinked into
believing it. This is the absolute
height of cynicism, arrogance, and scorn which are hallmarks of the Liberalism
that dominates our university and college campuses in today’s America. Liberals constitute the most intolerant
segment of our society and it is their false vision of our future that drives
them and their conspicuously mindless, non-thinking followers. They can’t tolerate views and policies that
deviate even slightly from their own.
Those that dare to disagree with them are vehemently and sometimes even
violently silenced and their freedom of speech is thoroughly destroyed. Go to the student union at virtually any of
our colleges and universities and dare to disagree with the latest Liberal
orthodoxy. It could be the current lies
about so-called man-made global warming or catastrophic climate change. It could be race relations between black and
white or the current nonsense over income inequality. It doesn’t matter. Open your mouth and you will be literally
shouted down, forced off the campus, and barred from ever returning. If you feel this is an exaggeration, go ahead
and try it. I have.
Additionally, the piece explains that the effective activist says, “yes
to society’s core values, assuming that these are morally acceptable.” Well, there’s quite the statement for
you. Who in the end are the arbiters of
whether or not society’s core values are acceptable? Liberals, of course. Do you think that these societal saboteurs
find America’s core values morally acceptable?
Not on your life! Let’s see, one
of our nation’s most basic values has always been a very limited federal
government that will only minimally intrude upon the lives of citizens. All you need to do is read the Constitution
and more specifically the Tenth Amendment to verify this fact. Do you think the Liberal activists and their
campus cohorts agree that this American value is morally acceptable? These socialists want and demand the exact
opposite. In their warped and twisted
view, they want government to solve all of life’s problems and pitfalls real or
imagined. You see, the normal, average
American citizen is deemed incapable of functioning on his own, taking charge
of his own life, and setting his own goals and priorities. Only government can do that.
That pesky
problem of racism? Look to government
for solutions. Sexism? The same.
Income inequality? Just go
whining to Big Brother and presto – problem solved! The ravages of global warming and
catastrophic climate change? Once again,
call in the Feds. Does that sound like a
limited and less intrusive central government to you? Yeah, me either. How about other rock-solid American core
values like self-reliance and rugged individualism which have helped the United
States become the most powerful, wealthy, freest, and most generous nation in
planetary history? Do you think the
Liberal Scum who have so effectively brainwashed our youth find these core
values morally acceptable? Absolutely
not. Liberalism, you must understand,
requires no real thought, action, or effective solutions. It only requires noise but it never solves
problems because it can’t. It’s all
symbolism over substance, bullshit over brass, if you will. As long as you make the right noises about,
say, racism and inequality you are greatly admired. You don’t actually need to do anything to
solve any problems but rather just sound as though you care deeply. The same is true for such bogus and made-up
horrors as income inequality, rising sea levels, and the ravages of Carbon
Dioxide none of which, in fact, is even slightly problematic. Liberalism maintains that you really don’t
have to give a rat’s ass about any or all of them as long as you sound like you
do. As long as you come across as a
“true believer”, you are instantly lauded and lionized as one who is filled
with compassion for the fate of humanity but you don’t actually have to
accomplish anything real or substantive.
This mindset is ideal for controlling and molding our impressionable and
gullible youth who are always, it seems, on a never ending journey of
self-discovery. They want to be needed
and useful and Liberalism provides the grand illusion that they are. It doesn’t matter that it is dishonest,
bogus, and spurious so long as it gives our young scholars that warm glow of
“feel goodism” about themselves and their endeavors.
Where,
then, can a young, idealistic, save-the-world, end-the-injustice, and
give-peace-a-chance type go to receive a post-high school degree that will
further develop and refine the nascent narcissism with which so many of our
youth seem so infected? Are there really
institutions of higher education out there that actually award academic degrees
in the field of activism? Of course
there are and no, I’m not making this up.
Perhaps a good place to start would be to contact an outfit called
Freedom Connector (http://connect.freedomworks.org),
which outlines how one can obtain a degree in, “activism.” This organization explains that, “The Freedom
Works University degree in activism provides students with the tools they need
to become an effective activist.”
Additionally, “Courses examine important topics such as working on the
campaign trail, attending town hall meetings, and networking with fellow
activists.” Do you believe this
shit?!?! You want to be an activist? Get off your sorry ass and get out there and
activate! Why do you need a degree in,
“activism?” You really want to establish
your bone fides as an authentic activist?
Go out there and get yourself arrested a few times and perhaps you can
get some cooperative cop to bust your head open with a Billy Club or Black
Jack. That’s the way to get yourself
established in a career of Activism. By
the way, it’s also a sure-fire, fool-proof way to get “lucky” with some
wide-eyed, eager to please female activist!
The Freedom Connector piece continues that upon, “completion students
will know the basics of grassroots politics and campaigning, and have a better
understanding of how to make a difference at every level of politics, from
local government to the White House.”
Wow, so that’s how our current Activist-in-Chief got hooked up!
Freedom
Connector offers such courses as, “Mastering Activism With Freedom Connector
(ACTV 101). This course helps the
student find other, “activists, events, and groups in your area to discussing
and sharing the most important issues facing the nation with activists all
across the country.” Once you have
completed this class, “you will be ready to put the power of political activism
where it belongs – in your own hands.”
Talk about activist utopia –well I guess! Yet another course, Activist Involvement:
Common Core (ISSU 101), deals with the, “new, nationalized curriculum known as
the Common Core State Standards.” Indeed
students, “will learn about the back-door deals that were necessary for special
interest groups, and what they can do to get involved in their local
communities to fight back.” Man, why
didn’t they have this kind of neat stuff when I was young all those decades
ago?
Not to be
outdone, the Ivory Tower types at Northeastern University actually offer their
youthful charges a minor in Social Activism.
Pretty damned exciting, don’t you think?
A promotional piece entitled, “Social Activism (http://www.northeastern.edu),”
explains that students who, “minor in social activism will learn a variety of
perspectives and practical approaches to social activism.” Students, “interested in activism will have
opportunities to explore social movements, advocacy, and citizenship in a wide
array of situations. These opportunities
arise from the wealth of advocacy organizations in Boston; the access
Northeastern University students have to co-op experiences nationally and
internationally; and Northeastern University’s Service Learning Program.” Sounds like just the ticket for a budding
young rabble rouser. Northeastern U, of
course, offers the prerequisite course work for success in a career of
activism. Introductory classes include
such weighty examples as: Social Problems; Environment and Society; and Social
Movements. On the Intermediate/Advanced
level we find such offerings as: Global Human Rights – A Social and Economic
Perspective; Interest Groups and Public Policy; Environmental Activism and
Movements; and Class, Power, and Social Change.
Additionally, we note the category of, “Service Learning.” This includes such favorites as: Advocacy
Workshop; Social Policy, Advocacy, and Activism; and, of course, Politics of
Poverty. Yeah, there’s an education for
you that’s certainly well worth the exorbitant cost to Mommy and Daddy!
No matter
where I look, our institutions of higher education seem less concerned with
educating our nation’s youth but instead are far more interested in their
radicalization. The more I delve into
the topic of activism at our country’s colleges and universities the more
uneasy and less sanguine I become about America’s future and role in the
world. I can’t help but notice an
unmistakable current of anti-Americanism running throughout these
institutions. This is disturbing in the
extreme for at none of the aforementioned colleges and universities have I
detected anything even remotely resembling notions of pride in country,
patriotism, or nationalism. The folks at
these places seem to loathe and despise the United States as historically
founded and presently constituted. It is
an unmistakable undercurrent that is present at both the undergraduate and
graduate levels. Given the fact that all
these courses are taught by full-blown unabashed Liberals and are attended by
Liberal Wannabees this conclusion cannot be avoided.
A
descriptive piece entitled, “Law 10160-Public Interest Advocacy (http://courses.scu.edu),”
provides insight here. This Southern
Cross University course, “explores the theory and practice of community
activism and social change with an emphasis on the intersection of law with
those areas of social engagement and provides students with a broad based
introduction to the skills and techniques necessary to bring about useful
social change in a highly corporatized and technocratic society.” This certainly sounds like something that a
young person might want to explore. He
or she might be intrigued by such notions as, “useful social change,” and a,
“highly corporatized and technocratic society.”
But just what the FUCK does this mean?
SCU is not specific as to the meaning or purpose of this course of
study, so let’s analyze it for a moment.
This course emphasizes social change as though it is something new and
unique in the American experience.
Social change has always been with us because society is always
evolving, developing, and changing.
Change is a constant because without it we atrophy, stagnate, and
eventually die. Change is the ability to
adapt to the world around us and is, in fact, a necessary survival skill and
instinct.
Yet the
dunderheads at SCU seem to think they have discovered a uniquely new and even
radical concept here. The egg-headed
mopes who advocate social change give away their motives and their end game
when they tell us they want to “change” our highly corporatized and
technocratic society. They loathe and
despise anything to do with the corporate world or corporations because that
smacks of Capitalism and every good Liberal will drone on endlessly and
mindlessly about the evils of Capitalism and corporatism. They, as did one Mr. Karl Marx, view
Capitalism as an oppressor of mankind – especially the mankind of the working
variety. Our Liberal saboteurs,
especially at the college and university level, ardently believe that
Capitalism is an enemy to be defeated and any nation that has Capitalism as its
main socio-economic engine is also an enemy to be destroyed. This is not really open to interpretation but
instead can be proven by simply listening to what is being said and taught
about Capitalism on virtually any campus in the country. It is always referred to in the negative and
presented as a destroyer of freedom and an oppressor of the masses. Capitalism is always presented as evil and
since the United States is easily the most Capitalist country on the planet,
then it too is evil. The illogic and
dishonesty here is both profound and profane.
Those who go the “activist” route are never taught the unmistakable and
undeniable truths about Capitalism and the unparalleled benefits it brings to
mankind – especially working mankind.
Our system of Capitalism has created more wealth and prosperity than any
other in history. Capitalism has enabled
the average citizen in today’s America to live better and longer than the
wealthy classes of yore. Capitalism has
caused unheard of and undreamed of advances in all fields of endeavor to the
ultimate betterment of human kind. Capitalism has brought more happiness and
freedom in the world than any other economic system. The young folks at our colleges and
universities are never taught this. They
are brainwashed into believing that somehow or some way Capitalism has enslaved
the masses and benefitted only those at the very top of society.
The other
focus of the course in question, changing our highly technocratic society, is
equally antithetical to Capitalism and by extension to the United States. For whatever reason, the folks who dreamed up
this course of study appear to be against technological innovation and
progress. The march of technology cannot
be ignored or denied and those who insist upon doing so are reminiscent of the
Luddites of old who literally raged against the machine. Technology in the hands and minds of the
wrong people can certainly be a dangerous thing but that is not the fault of
technology. Technological advances have
over the years have been an overwhelmingly positive force in the world and has,
in fact, been at the forefront of lifting more of the planet’s population out
of poverty than at any time in history.
It is Capitalism, of course, that has allowed technology to develop and
advance and to positively impact the lives of billions. You like your refrigerator and air conditioner? Thank Capitalism and technology. You like the variety of food and drink
available at your local grocery store?
Thank Capitalism and technology.
You
appreciate your new automobile or the airliners that can transport you anywhere
in the world? Thank Capitalism and
technology. Your I-Phone and
computer? Life-saving medicines and
medical procedures? Longer lives and
more leisure time? Labor saving devices
like washing machines and dryers? Once
again, thank Capitalism and technology.
Yet these farcical assholes at good old SCU would deny all of this and
insist that progress is somehow a negative.
Well, if you’re a Liberal Puke at some Ivory Tower Institute poisoning
the minds of literally generations of young Americans, this is the end-game. Turn our youth against the ideas and ideals
of progress and paint a picture of a Capitalist America as a world-wide scourge
and enemy of mankind. They can do this,
in part, by offering such weighty and provocative courses that include:
Activism, Advocacy, and the Practice of Democracy; Building Successful Social
Movements; Strategies in the Art of Advocacy; Direct Action, Protest, and Your
Rights; Digital Activism; and Empowerment and Personal Sustainability. Yeah, these and other courses like them all
over the country will certainly prepare America’s youth to succeed out there in
the real world and be prepared to receive the mantle of leadership when it
comes time to pass that torch. I’m
tellin’ ya folks, we’re in some seriously deep shit here!
Still not
convinced that our college and university youth are being fed a constant diet
of anti-Capitalism and anti-Americanism?
You should be aware, then, that this is a particular focus of virtually
every Liberal Scum-Dog in the country and these are the saboteurs who have
controlled our educational system for at least half a century. They are unrelenting in their hatred,
disdain, and contempt for the United States and the institutions and traditions
that made it great. It’s really
difficult for most Americans to grasp that concept. Here we have the prospect, for the most part,
of native-born American citizens emerging from the halls of higher learning
having been taught that their own country is evil incarnate and must be
radically, permanently, and fundamentally transformed. I am constantly amazed (although I shouldn’t
be anymore) that these folks don’t recognize or appreciate how very blessed
they are to have been born in the United States and by virtue of that accident
of birth are the freest people on the planet.
They are so free in fact that they can advocate and demonstrate for the
very destruction of this greatest of all nations. They fail to appreciate that every year
millions upon millions of foreigners try to emigrate here permanently because
they recognize the marvelous benefits that accrue to people who can call
themselves Americans. These ungrateful, anti-American twits can’t understand or
fathom the reality that if this place was so bad and so horrid the world’s
“huddled mases” wouldn’t be clamoring to get here and stay here. These total absolute assholes simply don’t
get the relatively basic idea that it is our Capitalist system that has created
the highest standard of living in the history of history. They refuse to admit
that under our system, no dream or desire cannot be achieved if one is willing
to work hard enough to make it a reality.
They don’t get the elemental fact that in America, as nowhere else in
the world, failure is almost always self-imposed and that the limits placed on
the individual are placed there by themselves.
A piece
entitled, “Activism Classes at University of Michigan Teaches Capitalism Should
Be Overthrown (http://thecollegefix.com),”
informs us that in a course called Organizational Studies a text entitled
Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution is required reading. This tome informs students, “that capitalism
should be overthrown – claiming capitalism means waste, poverty, ecological
degradation, dispossession, inequality, exploitation, imperialism, war, and
violence.” This drivel is absolutely
outrageous in that none of the above is even close to accurate. I firmly believe that those who teach this
utter bilge are more than aware that they are lying through their teeth. The fact that they are lying to a captive
audience of extremely naïve, inexperienced, and gullible youth compounds and
exacerbates their “crime.” The text
blames, “the global slump we are living through on capitalism. It is the predictable manifestation of a
crisis prone economic system rooted in production for profit rather than for
human need.” The anti-Capitalist
propaganda continues that, “For the sake of human development and ecological
sanity it needs to be overthrown.” Don’t
these fools get it? Capitalism has done
more to fulfill human need than any other system in history. This is simply a fact and only those who want
to destroy our country would view Capitalism in such a negative manner. The textbook further, “describes capitalism
as morally perverse, and defines it as a profit-driven economic system rooted
in inequality, exploitation, dispossession and environmental destruction.” Would you want your young son or daughter
being taught this wrong-headed Bullshit?
Well, if your young ‘uns are attending college or university in
present-day America this is exactly what is being shoved down their throats!
The same
kind of drivel can be found at universities situated across the pond in merry
old England. The University of Leeds,
for example, offers a Masters Degree in, “Activism and Social Change (http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk),”
which, “brings together the worlds of academia and social struggle,” and fights
against, “social and ecological injustice, and for a more equal, just
society.” Additionally, “We engage
students in a questioning of the fairness and sustainability of the current
capitalist world order and explore empowering ideas and examples of how to
challenge the status quo.” Challenging
the status quo? That’s simply
Liberal-Speak for completely destroying Capitalism – the greatest
wealth-creator known to man – and for turning the United States of America into
just one more Third World Shithole where everyone is equal: equally poor; equally unhealthy; equally
unfree; and equally miserable! That’s
what the LFE who control the educational system in our country most ardently
want, desire, and need. Furthermore this
course offers, “an overview of global social movement struggles with particular
reference to anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism.” It really can’t get more clear than
this. These anti-Americans want our
nation brought to its knees and they are not at all shy about declaring their
intentions.
Not all of these college and university
courses that preach the destruction of Capitalism and the United States will
come out and tell you that forthrightly, directly, and honestly. This is standard operating procedure for
Liberalism and the Liberal Pukes among us who champion its cause. They lie, dissemble, mislead, and
obfuscate. They can’t and won’t tell the
truth because that would expose them and their ideals for who and what they
really are. Most Americans, I believe, if properly informed are still able
to deal with a threat once it has been exposed.
A piece entitled, “Environmental Justice (http://www.snre.umich.edu),”
is illustrative here. The University of
Michigan is home to the School of Natural Resources and Environment. Whenever you see the term environment coupled
with justice, red lights, bells, and whistles should go off in your head. This is no more than a catch-phrase for
anti-Americanism and anti-Capitalism.
Topics of study offered in the SNRE’s curriculum concentrate on,
“pollution, exposure to hazardous waste, poverty, urban affairs, spatial
analysis, climate change, biodiversity conservation, common-pool resources,
food security, social movement dynamics, water policy, public health,
conscientious consumerism, institutional design, and business and environment.
Wow,
that’s quite a list that is apparently in dire need of our immediate
attention. Hey, no problem. If addressing these “challenges” is what
floats your boat, then go for it. It’s
amazing to me, however, that no matter what the problem the solution always –
always – involves the destruction of Capitalism and the fundamental
transformation of the United States.
When you hear or read the above-mentioned words and phrases you are
being confronted with Liberal Speak and Liberals, by definition, loathe and
despise their own country. Some of the
courses offered here include: How to Save the Planet; Environmental Crimes; and
the ever popular Environmental Justice.
Other offerings along the same vein include: Justice Issues in
Conservation & Sustainability; Public Opinion and the Environment;
Political Ecology, Environmental Security, and Conflict; and Poverty,
Environment, and Inequality. Is it any
wonder that so many of our college grads leave the hallowed halls completely
and totally unemployable and unprepared for the adult challenges that await
them in the real world?
This kind
of hucksterism and dishonesty is now what passes for a legitimate course of
study at far too many of America’s colleges and universities. Generations of young Americans reach early
adulthood schooled and thoroughly steeped in an anti-Americanism that they
carry with them for the rest of their lives.
What we learn in our formative years tends to stay with us well into our
maturity. These young folks who will one
day lead our nation have been completely brainwashed by Liberalism which is
nothing more than an authoritarian and totalitarian philosophy that disdains
and despises emphasis on the individual and self-reliance. Instead, those who advocate Liberalism favor
giving over all the power that exists to an ever more powerful, intrusive, and
centralized federal government that will control every and all aspects of the
lives of the citizenry. This is not the
United States envisioned by our Founders nor is it the country that most of us
grew up in and have learned to love and cherish.
Much Luv Y’all and Have a Great Day!
The Fifth Horseman
(Dr. David M. Rich, Ph.D.)
