Obama's Youth

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Tyrants throughout history have known that the way to change a culture, so that it will accept the tyranny attempting to rule over it, is through the children.  Educate the children in the ways of obeying the government, and they will raise the flag of tyranny themselves.

Hitler said on May Day 1933, "When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I calmly say, 'Your child belongs to us already... What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.'"

Public School Teachers have been recorded explaining how to push Marxism in the schools, and use their position to alter a generation.

President Obama has performed speeches for the children himself centered around collectivism, of which some see as an invasive abuse of political power.

Cass Sunstein, a former member of the Obama team, has even written an article about it.  He uses China as his example, but the article is written in a manner that it seems like he longs for the United States to be like the Chinese.  

From Sunstein's article: "Suppose that an authoritarian government decides to embark on a program of curricular reform, with the explicit goal of indoctrinating the nation’s high school students. Suppose that it wants to change the curriculum to teach students that their government is good and trustworthy, that their system is democratic and committed to the rule of law, and that free markets are a big problem."

Remember, we are not a democracy.  The United States is a republic.  Democracies are transitional governments to tyranny.  Also remember the left's definition of the rule of law is flawed.  Rather than the Rule of Law being the Constitution, and the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God (as described in the Declaration of Independence), the liberal left's definition of the rule of law is case law, the rule of the courts, and the ever-changing whims of the ruling elite.

Mr. Sunstein then goes on in the article to explain to us that indoctrination methods in the schools work, as evidenced by recent curricular reforms in China, explicitly designed to transform student's political views.

Was this article written in order to defend Common Core, of which the Left is forcing upon our students right now?

Again, from the article: "The findings offer remarkable evidence about the potential influence of the high school curriculum on what students end up thinking -- and they give us some important insights into contemporary China as well."

I almost imagined him jumping up and down, screaming "It works! It works!"

More from Sunstein's article: "Here’s the background. Starting in 2001, China decided to engage in a nationwide reform of its curriculum, including significant changes in the textbooks used by students in grades 10, 11 and 12. In that year, China’s Ministry of Education stated that education should “form in students a correct worldview, a correct view on life, and a correct value system.”"

It was Sunstein that put into quotes "form in students a correct worldview, a correct view on life, and a correct value system."  Note, it is not the only time it is used in this article.

According to Sunstein, the reforms implemented in China has six major goals:

1. Students should learn about, and value, Chinese “democracy” and political participation.

2. Students should learn about the importance of the rule of law for legitimizing the Chinese government.

3. Students should study the “Three Represents” ideology set out by Jiang Zemin, who served as China’s president from 1993 to 2003. The idea of the “Three Represents” is to extend political influence to people who were traditionally excluded from power under communism, but who are important to the nation’s socioeconomic success (such as managers and employees working for private business).

4. Students should understand the limits of free markets, and should form a positive view about China’s distinctive approach to the economy.

5. Students should be conscious of environmental issues.

6. Students should develop an appreciation for the diversity of ethnic heritages in China, and the Han majority should not have discriminatory views about minorities.

Is Sunstein treating what China is doing as a lesson for the left?  After all, the liberals have controlled the education system since Dewey grabbed a hold of it in 1899, ready to inject as much of his Fabian Socialism, and psychology, as possible, yet they still haven't gotten full control of the culture. . . yet.

Sunstein, again: "The crucial finding from the study is that the new curriculum greatly affected students' thinking. They became more likely to count the Chinese political system as democratic. They displayed a higher level of trust in public officials. They were more skeptical of free markets, and more likely to reject the view that a market economy is preferable to any other economic system. They were more likely to want to extend political influence to groups outside of the Chinese Communist Party."

Doesn't it seem like the Chinese are teaching the same thing that the liberal left is teaching here in the States?  So, I am figuring Cass is saying, why is it working there so much better than here?

Then at the end of the article Sunstein drags the United States into the equation: "Is this conclusion limited to authoritarian nations? In a democratic country with a flourishing civil society, a high degree of pluralism, and ample room for disagreement and dissent -- like the U.S. -- it may well be harder to use the curriculum to change the political views of young people. But even in such societies, high schools probably have a significant ability to move students toward what they consider “a correct worldview, a correct view on life, and a correct value system.” That’s an opportunity, to be sure, but it is also a warning."

Why is it a warning?  Is Sunstein afraid that those that oppose him might have a chance at the kids?

I am told, often, by fatalists, that it is impossible for us to turn the country back around.  The liberal left socialist commie bastards have too much control over the media, the entertainment industry, education, and a large chunk of politics.

Not true.

We have created a new media that is pushing the mainstream media into extinction.  Children are still being guided by parents through private schools and homeschooling, as well as by conservative parents determined to counteract the ill effects of the public school system.  It is not too late.  Sunstein's dream is but a dream.  His concern is because after over a hundred years, the democrat's utopia has not been achieved, and they don't understand why.  They can't fathom that liberty lives, despite all of their efforts.  There are still those out there standing in opposition to their tyranny. . . and that number is growing - and people like Cass Sunstein just can't stand it.

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