The only way to not be brainwashed is to know brainwashing techniques and to continually ask yourself, "am I brainwashed?".
how many people ask that of their families?
At what age does the questioning begin?
Me.... age 9.
Which is probably why I did so terribly in school. I instinctively knew that most of what I was being taught was pure horse manure. Idealistic conjecture at best, propaganda at worst.
would you say the education system is a cult?
I think modern science has become somewhat of a cult and public schools are a propaganda arm. You're not being taught to be curious you're being taught to obey and repeat.
regurgitation is the key.
How accurate one can spew back the propaganda,
also a measure for state of cult.
This is Pinocchio when he goes to school and he turns into a braying donkey. Scientists are like prequal Jedi, priestly class(however well meaning) who brainwash children into clones.
and rewarded accordingly (rising thru ranks) for number of clones created.
No I think it's deeper than that. They didn't mean to do it, it just happened as a result of their fear of losing the "arbiter of truth" status.
once clones all meaning for 'self' disappears, authority of self handed over to a 'body' of authority.
Meaning is misconstrued during that process.
I remember coming to Descartes'(what if I'm just dreaming all the time?) conclusions very early on my own. I was a pretty sharp little kid, top scores on logic tests and crap.
first there's asking the question, then there's sourcing 'the truth'.
