[MD] Value and the Individual

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting David M <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk>:

> Hi Platt
> 
> I assume you did not send your children to school
> and provided their education exclusively within the family
> to avoid any collective activity?
> 
> DM

Hi DM,

I sent my children to private schools where they leaned reading, writing and
arithmetic. The also learned self-discipline, self-responsibility and the value of
individual liberty. In other words, they learned what today's government schools
fail to teach.

Platt 
 
> > Quoting Krimel <Krimel at Krimel.com>:
> >
> >> > DM
> >> > What is the collectivist view?
> >> > That I have arms, legs, eyes, language, culture
> >> > and so do you.
> >>
> >> [Platt]
> >> The collectivist view is that individual exists for the sake of the 
> >> state,
> >> or in Hillary's case, the village.
> >>
> >> [Krimel]
> >> Funny, I thought Hillary's view was that the village exists for the sake 
> >> of
> >> the child.
> >
> > Hillary wants to "free" children from their parents by having the village
> > provide for the children's needs, turning them into dependents of the 
> > village.
> > Her proposals for state sponsored pre-school "education" and the recent
> > California ruling against home schooling exemplify the collectivist view.



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