esh dov ets
Well-Known Member
am familiar with the original little rascals.the fat one the black one the leader and the smart kid who didn't talk and darla and the girls. in one (maybe the remake) the silent one says in response to being called dumb, some thing like " i actually have an outstanding intellect and an incredible grasp for grammar." i couldn't remember but he used bigger words and it was spoken more eloquently. everyone was impressed.Ever watch an old movie theater series of shorts call "Our Gang" or "Little Rascals"? The shorts were made between 1929 and 1935 or so. There are plenty of scenes depicting the kid-scholar as a freak. Abraham Lincoln recounted his father discouraging him from reading, telling him it was a waste of time. This attitude goes way back in our culture. It could be that this country had so much building-out to do that an education wasn't needed for the most part. Maybe it's part of our attitudes against Old World aristocracy.
I was listening to interviews of French people after the election and one of the more disturbing things they felt about Le Pen was her appeal to ignorance when it comes to issues and other people. Other cultures don't have the same disrespect toward education that we see here and it's not a new phenomenon.
it goes way back no doubt. i wonder how much it is random cause and effect vs. designed intentionally or was the outcome of cause and effect manipulated or capitalized on. proly some of all of it.
u.s.a. brand of propaganda will leave us behind if we don't turn into total fascists. other countries all have there own brands. the top 1% pay the next pecent tile to manufacture p.r. for all nations. so p.r. or propaganda supports the corporations and the ideologue types including religion then the governments.
there are always world trends. ...