Chapter 6 Online in All Its Glory!

January 24, 2012 Leave a comment

That horrible, exhausting chapter, the one that made me lose sleep, gave me headaches and almost caused me to give up is finally online in all its glory. It is so long I’ve had to split it into three parts, which are linked together starting from Part 1.

There’s not much point going into detail over what it’s about: but worth saying something about the change in style from the previous chapters. As you might know, Chapters 1-5 were in a section called Groundwork, which contained background information, analysis and a lot of basic, well, groundwork all about what undermining is and how it should be done to be most effective and only as risky as you are prepared to make it. Part 2 is where we really get down to it, as tough and dirty as you like, but also devious, secretive and scary – depending on whether you are the Underminer or the target.

As you step over the threshold into the actual practice of undermining don’t forget that the earlier chapters are there to help and guide you. You should never do anything you aren’t entirely comfortable with, but maybe with a few trusted friends and perhaps a few unknown, anonymous colleagues, you will end up surprising yourself. Now read on, and start undermining the Veil of Ignorance.

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Frank Zappa on Schools

January 6, 2012 Leave a comment

Didn’t have time to put this into Chapter 6, which is now online, but it’s as good as anything John Taylor Gatto (who I do quote) said. This is the full transcript:

“Schools train people to be ignorant, with style. They give you the equipment that you need to be a functional ignoramus. American schools* do not equip you to deal with things like logic; they don’t give you the criteria by which to judge between good and bad in any medium or format; and they prepare you to be a usable victim for military-industrial complex that needs manpower.”

“As long as you’re just smart enough to do a job and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you, you’re gonna be alright. But if you go beyond that then you’re gonna have these grave doubts that give you stomach problems, headaches…make you want to go out and do something else. So, I believe that schools mechanically and very specifically try and breed out any hint of creative thought in the kids that are coming out.”

If you want to undermine what Frank was talking about then click on this link.

*this can apply to any school system in any part of Industrial Civilization.

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