Saturday, July 27, 2019

Program Idea for the Department of Education


Dear Mr. President:

The Department of Education should formulate two educational programs concerning socialism.  One would be addressed to fifth graders and the other to tenth graders.  The programs would be the product of leading historians and economists, who would educate students as to the history of socialism, its economic failure, its political failure, and its history of mass murder.  The showing of the two programs would be a prerequisite for states’ eligibility for federal aid.

Zilvinas Silenas, a refugee from Lithuania and the new president of the Foundation for Economic Education, recently appeared in an interview on Dan Elmendorf’s Redeemer Broadcasting (http://redeemerbroadcasting.org/content/plain-answer-podcasts / A Plain Answer: A Case Study - Socialism as it was in Lithuania - Zilvinas Silenas ).  In the interview Silenas describes in vivid detail the horrible realities of socialism. Material like this could be combined with history that short circuits the left-wing indoctrination that is occurring in America’s schools.  Indeed, a discussion of political correctness and biases in the educational system should be a part of the presentation, which would be given in one-to-two-hour assemblies of students. 

The chief argument against this idea is that it can be coopted and turned into a pro-socialist presentation when the Democrats gain power.  However, such a step would create a focal point for debate, for much of the subversion currently occurs more subtly.

Along with Silenas and FEE, Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars could help appoint a commission that would create the presentation.

Something needs to be done now about the misinformation in which American students are being indoctrinated.   

Sincerely,



Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.

Cc: The Honorable Betsy DeVos