10-08-2011, 05:20 PM
From the introduction to the 2002 edition (re-published by TrineDay) of America's Secret Establishment: an introduction to the order of Skull and Bones by Antony C Sutton.
"Wonder why we haven't a "dumbed-down" society? Look no further than the Bonesmen troika who imported the Prussian education system into the US in the 19th century. A political philosophy in direct opposition to the classical liberalism nurtured in 19th century British and American history. In classic liberalism, the State is always subordinate to the individual. In Hegelian Statism, as we have seen in Nazi-ism and MARXISM, the State is supreme, and the individual exists only to serve the State. ... In education, the Dewey system was initiated and promoted by Skull and Bones members. Dewey was an ardent Statist, and a believer in the Hegelian idea that the child exists to be trained to serve the state. This requires suppression of individualist tendencies and a careful spoon-feeding of of approved knowledge. This "dumbing down" of American education is not easily apparent unless you've studied in both foreign and domestic US universitiesthen the contrast becomes crystal clear."
"Wonder why we haven't a "dumbed-down" society? Look no further than the Bonesmen troika who imported the Prussian education system into the US in the 19th century. A political philosophy in direct opposition to the classical liberalism nurtured in 19th century British and American history. In classic liberalism, the State is always subordinate to the individual. In Hegelian Statism, as we have seen in Nazi-ism and MARXISM, the State is supreme, and the individual exists only to serve the State. ... In education, the Dewey system was initiated and promoted by Skull and Bones members. Dewey was an ardent Statist, and a believer in the Hegelian idea that the child exists to be trained to serve the state. This requires suppression of individualist tendencies and a careful spoon-feeding of of approved knowledge. This "dumbing down" of American education is not easily apparent unless you've studied in both foreign and domestic US universitiesthen the contrast becomes crystal clear."