Unschooling for democracy
By Paul
“It’s always harder to forge your own path without someone telling you what to do.”- Peter Kowalke, 27, unschooled as a child
Gary at Spontaneous Order makes a good comment about why some people may not like homeschooling;
From the demand side, the reason why parents may not want to teach their own kids (other factors being held constant, like their income, time availability, their educational level) at home also occured to me while reading the same NYT story. Peoples' innate fear to go about their own way without guidance. People simply want to be told what to do. This seems related to what Hayek has said in Fatal Conceit. That contemporary people still have that lingering longing to be led, part of the legacy we inherit to this day from the time when we live in a small community and individuals' decisions are made according to the directions of the wiseman in the group.
The other day I heard the exactly the same comment made by a local chief from one of the islands commenting on 3rd November 1988 attempted coup incident –‘The greatest worry we felt was that we had no one to show us the direction, show us the guidance from the capital, Male’. And we had to plan and do things on our own.’
I don’t know whether our first priority aught to be a mentality overhaul before we can think about democracy?