Obedience, Oppression and Capitalism: why we need to address the legacy of schools

By Andrew Sage

The father of scientific management, Frederick Winslow Taylor, outlined the purpose of schooling as follows: – To increase the efficiency of the labourer, i.e. the pupil. – To increase the quality of the product, i.e. the pupil. – Thereby, to increase the amount of output and the value to the capitalist.

When children start school, they are self-guided, curious about the world they live in, and believe everything is possible. When they finish, they are cynical, self-absorbed, miseducated, propagandised, and used to dedicating forty hours of their week to an activity they never chose.

And yet we force them to go anyway. What currently exists is antithetical to actual learning. We need to abolish schools.

Obedience, Oppression and Capitalism: why we need to address the legacy of schools

By Andrew Sage