24-11-2020
The words “education” and “seduction” share the same Latin root. To educate derives from the Latin ex-ducere, to lead out, to develop one’s faculties. The derivation of the verb “seduce” is se-ducere, to lead one stray.
Systems of education, meant for acquisition of knowledge and development of intelligence and character, have long devolved into systems of seduction that lead people astray through the seductive allure of status acquisition.
Most humans seek to achieve as high a social status as possible. In order to achieve a higher social status, to be “somebody” instead of “nobody”, they would willingly sacrifice personal happiness, enjoyment, or comfort, that is, they would willingly endure suffering.
Power holders seek to attract and keep subordinates not on the basis of competency but on the basis of loyalty. They entice people to be loyal by way of providing them with a higher social status which would otherwise be impossible for them to achieve.
Nonsense is a more effective loyalty generating and group organizing tool than what makes sense or the ‘truth’. Any rational person can believe in what makes sense, but to believe in nonsense requires loyalty above rationality.
Therefore, to believe in nonsense is an unforgeable demonstration of loyalty. A belief in nonsense serves as a political uniform—as an unmistakable sign of unswerving party loyalty. And when you have a uniform, you have an army.
We urgently need many more educated people and far less seduced people.