You Cannot Force Willfully Ignorant People To Do The Right Thing

And government only makes things worse when it tries to make people do what a majority thinks is the right thing to do; even when it may well be, in many instances, the right thing to do. And of course that is because what is "right" in any situation can be so subject to subjective characterization, in different circumstances.

The one thing you can do, however, is to make knowledge not be a commodity that only certain folks can afford; all in a situation where it is the counters that you must have to get knowledge, or anything else, for that matter, of vital importance to wellbeing, and the means to prosper. Even as you also work to show what ought to be the most obvious thing of all: that the more diverse minds you bring to all of your problems, the more opportunity you will have to solve them; even if you do not like a good portion of what passes for wisdom amongst various belief systems in the world today.

The simple fact of the matter now is that we do not have the luxury any more to force "others" to whatever we feel is the "right" way to live. Even when some of the things they do are quite ugly. Just as long as the individual has the right to vote with their feet, and there is a rock solid system in place to aid such people to get to a living situation more to their liking; and to which they have the means to prosper, as all folks on this planet should (because we will need every working person we can get to work the fix that it's going to take to make things right around the globe). And also as long as there is no outright, direct harm, done to other communities as a result of the "life practices" of a particular belief system.

Accepting all of that, however, will require a great deal of integrated, responsible, as well as heartfelt, action amongst all of the participating City States, of our newly formed Federation, as well as other national groupings in the world, in order to have the critical systems in place to make sure all groups have what they need to be able to prosper; and, unfortunately, the bottom line there is certainly going to be the tremendous difficulty we will face with a planet of so many people, and still growing.

But that is exactly why we must cooperate with those whom we might not have done so before, and they with us. Because it is the only way we will be able to give the major belief, and ideological systems a chance to go their own way, ultimately, into the infinite. And that is also why we must mobilize as a nation, in order to provide the maximum effort possible. And as well to show the rest of the world that we really do mean to not do "business as usual" any more.

I have said this before, and I will keep on saying it. The best thing for government is for it to try and minimize the harm that human frailty is always going to produce. Because it is likely that human frailty will be with us for quite some time to come. The same kinds of frailty that makes us go off on all kinds of extremes, in all kinds of crazy directions, because we think we have found the one true "truth." Or the one true, absorbing activity, that, unfortunately, doesn't, necessarily, get much of a practical nature done, in far too many instances; or where, conversely, we just become regimented work drones, existing only for duty, honor and sacrifice, and what one might feel, from that point on, would be subject to strict state control.

This is not rocket science. It is not overly complicated in its basic premise. It is just something that won't be easy to do. Not in any way. But difficult though it will be, it is still, as far a I can see, the only way we will be able to save life on this planet.

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The Case For Abolishing Private Schools

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The continuing gap between state and private education is reinforcing privilege and harming the prospects of another generation. The only solution is integration.