What do you think of this eye opening speech by Napoleon Hill? Are we all just being conditioned and indoctrinated to serve as slaves our whole lives?

[WhiteBoyChill]

In the sense that we’re being told to work hard to get ahead.

To listen, to obey, to pay our taxes, to not question anything, to not think for ourselves, to trust the “experts”, to spend all our lives working hard and dependent on the paycheck of somebody else, all for the promise of an eventual reward of freedom later (retirement), etc.

We’re not actually being taught to think independently or pursue our own wealth or build our own futures, we’re being conditioned to work for other people.

But to the guy’s point “from the first day you stepped into a school, they were not preparing you to own your life, they were preparing you to serve someone else’s”

Isn’t it shocking just the extent to which we’ve been indoctrinated our whole lives?

[OlderAndWiser]

Do you think public education is complicit in this arrangement to keep us enslaved, out are they merely trying to prepare us for what most of us will eventually do anyway?

[WhiteBoyChill]

Precisely. Notice how the schools don’t teach us how to build wealth or how to become independent. School is all revovled around conditioning us to be workers.

[slatyb]

Indoctrinated with what? Certainly that's what the current administration is trying to achieve by removing anything that doesn't support their mythical history.

[WhiteBoyChill]

I dont get why you’re injecting modern day politics into this. The guy in question literally died in 1970. But his words still wring true to this day.

The point of this post flew completely over your head

[slatyb]

Napoleon Hill was a scam artist selling absurd theories to the gullible. I agree that public education in the United States hasn't been teaching students to think critically for quite a long time, and it's worse today. We aren't so much indoctrinating students as failing to train them to resist indoctrination from others. MAGA is the result.

[WhiteBoyChill]

So the left doesn’t indoctrinate anybody at all? Its only Maga that’s the problem?

[slatyb]

What examples of counterfactual indoctrination do you ascribe to the left?

[AI Opinion]

Napoleon Hill’s speeches often provoke thought by challenging conventional thinking. It's true that traditional education systems emphasize conformity and obedience, which can feel like conditioning. However, it offers basic tools for critical thinking and problem-solving. Success often comes from balancing independence and collaboration. Many entrepreneurs and innovators emerged from standard education but used their experiences creatively. It's essential to cultivate independent thought while recognizing the benefits of collaborative work. Encouraging lifelong learning and personal growth can help individuals own their futures and pursue diverse paths beyond conventional structures.

[exitseven]

There are people who need structure in their lives. They want to be told what to do. There are so e that resist authority or maybe rebel against it