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<blockquote data-quote="Tail Gunner" data-source="post: 1267336" data-attributes="member: 2705">What you just stated is so bizarre on so many levels that I do not even know where to start.&nbsp; The original purpose of the state was two-fold:&nbsp; to protect the citizenry from foreign invasion and to provide police and fire protection.&nbsp; Almost everything else is superfluous -- and is ultimately designed for control of the citizenry.People successfully learned trades themselves, or through apprenticeship, for hundreds of years.&nbsp; I myself have learned far more myself than I ever did by obtaining three university degrees -- and obtained far better quality through my own studies.&nbsp; Unfortunately, a university degree is now considered an entry key to many fields, which again is more de facto state control.Of course the state is doing &quot;a piss-poor job of educating&quot; children on purpose, including purposely hiring ignorant teachers.&nbsp; The purpose of the State is control, which is why you ideally do not want it involved in more than protecting the citizenry from foreign invasion and providing police and fire protection.&nbsp; Modern society is proof of the State's failure.&nbsp; Ninety percent of all problems suffered by individuals stem from their not acting responsibly.&nbsp; They want the State to spoon feed them education and to tell them what to think.&nbsp; The State happily obliges, turns them into wage slaves, and taxes them into poverty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tail Gunner, post: 1267336, member: 2705"] What you just stated is so bizarre on so many levels that I do not even know where to start. The original purpose of the state was two-fold: to protect the citizenry from foreign invasion and to provide police and fire protection. Almost everything else is superfluous -- and is ultimately designed for control of the citizenry. People successfully learned trades themselves, or through apprenticeship, for hundreds of years. I myself have learned far more myself than I ever did by obtaining three university degrees -- and obtained far better quality through my own studies. Unfortunately, a university degree is now considered an entry key to many fields, which again is more de facto state control. Of course the state is doing "a piss-poor job of educating" children on purpose, including purposely hiring ignorant teachers. The purpose of the State is control, which is why you ideally do not want it involved in more than protecting the citizenry from foreign invasion and providing police and fire protection. Modern society is proof of the State's failure. Ninety percent of all problems suffered by individuals stem from their not acting responsibly. They want the State to spoon feed them education and to tell them what to think. The State happily obliges, turns them into wage slaves, and taxes them into poverty. [/QUOTE]

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