Obama did it.
He gave his speech to almost all the young people in the public schools of America. The White House released the text of the speech ahead of time to show how innocuous it was. The mainstream news media agreed with that, and marveled that some schools and parents refused to let their students watch it.
But he did it. And he will probably do it again and again.
I will never forget my third daughter's graduation from high school.
When you read the word graduation, did you just see a large crowd, a big auditorium and long lines of gowned students being herded by officious educational bureaucrats?
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Her graduation wasn't like that at all. Hers was a Christian homeschool graduation, with 11 graduates. All were from Christian families, but I doubt that any two went to the same church and I don't think any two had used the same curriculum. Each graduate made a personal DVD that was shown at the ceremony, accompanied by music of the graduate's choice. My daughter picked an easy contemporary Christian selection. Vicky chose a rousing bluegrass number by a famous artist she knew personally. Becky had a lovely song that her mother had written, performed by the two of them. Matt's DVD of his life was accompanied by a thunderous classical piano concerto. The other seven grads were just as varied in their musical selections.
That individuality typifies homeschooling, education that is decentralized, individualized and maximized. In a public school graduation, the institution awards its accolades on the students, while the parents look on from afar and Christ is not allowed in the building. In a Christian homeschool graduation, the parents award the accolades to their child, Christ is the focus of the service, and the socialist institutions are not allowed in the building.
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When God put Israel in the Holy Land, they had no king and accumulating power was prevented. They were decentralized, a nation of small farmers. Thomas Jefferson wanted America to be a nation of small farmers, decentralized and democratic. America also had no king and was established on the principle of decentralization of power, with its tripartite form of government. Furthermore, the government was specifically forbidden from controlling the press or religion. If government can control the media or the churches, then it can control the minds of its citizens and thus centralize power.
But in the 20th century, America's education system was centralized, with almost every young person in the nation put under the control of government bureaucrats. The government was then able to control the minds of its citizens and thereby centralize power. And that's how Obama was able to give his speech to millions of captive young minds, subservient to the socialist institution, ready to be led by the master – because of the centralized school system.
What were the liberals trying to accomplish with this speech?
They certainly went to a lot of effort, like a major campaign speech. The Department of Education even sent out classroom materials to accompany the speech – a syllabus to go along with Obama's syllables! Those materials encouraged the students to read books about President Obama and discussed "why it is important that we listen to the president."
Why did they do that? Is that college prep or propaganda?
Obama's speech was a campaign speech. The socialists knew what they were doing. Just as RCA pushed Elvis or Capitol Records pushed the Beatles, the liberals are promoting Obama to America's youth. If they accept the man, if they like his music, they will accept his message.
What is his message? Centralization of power – socialism. The centralization of education in America is now being used to centralize all power in America. We have seen that with banks and autos, and now we are seeing that with health care. Those most supportive of this Obama socialism are the young people. Obama owns the youth of America; they like his abs, his left-hand jump shot, his George Clooney smile. And more so than any other group, the recent graduates of America's public schools overwhelmingly voted for Obama. Those who were not part of that system overwhelmingly did not. The possibilities for the future are incredibly frightening.
Obama's speech to almost all the youth of America was only possible because of a massively centralized school system. Obama's presidency itself was made possible by that same school system. The liberals know that, and they plan to build on that. A number of people got agitated over that speech. Better they should get agitated over that whole system.
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Dan L. White is the author of "The Jubilee Principle: God's Plan for Your Economic Freedom." The book is also available in e-book form.