One example is the notion that property ownership makes one middle class. It was an easy mistake to make- middle class people were largely property owners while working class people were not. All that was needed (thought the political class) was to convert as many renters into owners as possible. This would magically transform their prospects and therefore ensure they could meet the payments.
The error was in confusing CAUSE with EFFECT.
The middle classes owned their homes because they had the security of income to do so. Making mortgages available to people with no real income helps nobody- least of all the homeowners who are now facing foreclosure.
Nevertheless this was all good political theatre while it lasted because it transformed the self image of the poor at little or no cost.
Much the same could be said of a college degree. The political class noticed that middle class people often had degrees while working class people did not. They therefore assumed that degrees were wealth creating and set out to make them available to as many as possible. The result was a mass of easy but economically useless degrees in pseudosciences such as Sociology and Gender studies. The economic effect of these worthless degrees was rather like the effect of printing worthless currency. It resulted in a form of 'qualifications inflation' by which companies will no longer take on anyone without a degree- even if their job is cleaning the company toilets. Captain Capitalism has done some good work on this.
Politically correct education has the following characteristics.
1. Economically useless to society.
2. Socially destructive (it plants the seeds of entitlement and victim hood).
3. Kills curiosity. A person with a PC degree loses all curiosity about the world because they are 'educated' and therefore do not need to think.
4. Profits the banks and the government by placing the individual in debt.
The Ghost Diploma on the other hand..
1. Always works towards a known goal or skill. This means that everything learnt benefits the individual and society.
2. Aids social development and is based upon real achievements rather than simply getting good grades.
3. Is based upon self discovery rather than seeking approval from the authorities in the form of good marks.
4. Is free both to the individual and to the state.
The Ghost Diploma is a course of self study based upon the interests of the individual. It is infinitely easier to learn something that has a practical benefit.
The end result of this system is NOT a piece of paper issued by authority. The 'pass' mark is a concrete improvement in life.
Everyone will have their own course to follow because everyone has their own aims. I have already completed my first aim which was to develop social skills and to feel comfortable around women. I can now flirt with them and form friendships quite easily. I did this largely by studying pick up although my aim was never to be a pick up artist.
I will provide full details of my adventures and the (free) materials I used in a future post.
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