On May 4th 1919, people believed that progress came from education. Now ignorance is a badge of pride. Getting ahead means the suppression of knowledge. No longer it is "what we can learn" but confining the source of knowledge to a limited range of approved opinion. Now the way to get ahead is false information, disregard for learning. All over the world, in all societies, and in all fields, Red Guard tactics triumph. Burn books ! Smash intellectuals ! Even in so called democracies, the Will of The People gets abused. (the photo above shows students of Peitai (Beijing University) calling for the modernization of China through the dissemination of education via the arts and literature)
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