Anti Intellectualism – Government Policy

In Australia the government had a very vocal propaganda by promoting the slogan “Australia the clever country” pertaining to the education of the masses. In reality this could not be further from the truth.

Education for governance and high level education is kept within the confines of the ruling elite, and the positions as such are ‘given’ to their clique of cronies. This has been a facet since the beginnings of ordered society.

One way to keep the masses subdued is to deny education. Education can be used to obtain a better position in the workforce, greater financial reward, and many other advantages, including the ability to think laterally or even challenge authorities on a professional level.

Authorities see education in the ‘wrong’ hands as a threat, and must be dealt with accordingly. In order to detract from education, the authorities work together with media outlets in promoting entertainment for the masses, whilst at the same time attacking intellectualism.

The government / industry currently spends hundreds of millions of dollars now approaching billions to keep the masses amused in Australia via the Australian Football League (AFL, nee VFL), which is being promoted to be the biggest money spinner for the corporate’s whilst dumbing down the nation at the same time.

Irrespective of one’s previous academic background, Australia’s new migrant influx from the 1950’s to the 1970’s was put into labour camps. Once these people had children, they actively encouraged them to purse education for a better way of life.

The children of migrants that were capable of going to university made up a large portion of enrolments. The statistics of the 1980’s indicated that the following percentages of children obtained tertiary education from migrant backgrounds were: Chinese 30% , Europeans 17%,whilst Australians made up approximately 7% of tertiary enrolments.

At this point the government intervenes. In order to make it more difficult for the struggling blue collar migrant families to send their children to higher education, the government put and end to free education, making universities a ‘business’ i.e. an extra cash cow for the government.

The early 1990’s signified the end of when one could walk into a University and obtain education solely based upon one’s academic ability, and now it is also payment based.

In today’s digital age, the focus of corporations, governments and educational facilities is on entertainment, and how to become a ‘star’, in which you are inducted into the industry from a young age, at the expanse of your education. Once the industry has made their money on you, you are then expendable. Contracts are arranged in such a manner that you are entirely controlled by the industry.

The mass media idolises those who are ‘bad boys’, ‘gangstas’ and the like, at the same time shunning those with education. Television shows are about ‘idiots’ and ‘losers’ (see illustration) which is keeping the masses entertained, and setting role models for the next generation of Losers.

The politics and its execution, is quite clear that being of anti – intellectualism.

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