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Soda Machines: Point of Entry or a Distraction?

In Reply to: the role of public education and the way in which it teaches us to conform to an unjust hegemonic society posted by erika on February 09, 19100 at 11:07:24:

Well, I'm glad somebody is keeping tabs on overt corporate intrusions in the public school system, I'm just concerned that your philosophy of using these "points of entry" to "expose the broader agenda" will turn out to be nothing more than a skirmish over coke machines in school hallways that the public will eventually be allowed to win so they can continue to maintain their illusion of independence from corporate mind control. Then again, I don't have ten years of research under my belt. Could you elaborate on why it is you think the "soda machine debacle" will enlightened the general public to the corporate facism that they are already enslaved to. Its just not obvious to me that one necessarily leads to the other - not for most folks anyway.

Also, did you mean to say that the corporations that are overtly trying to use public schools for marketing/sales are also the ones most likely to be directly involved in the design and implementation of Outcome Based education programs? I'm not sure I get the connection there either. Why would that necessarily be the case?

Could you also elaborate on what you mean by "democratic change"? Change of what? Corporate control of the US government? How does the public school straddle the fence on this?

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