Par où commencer ? Par remettre en question les croyances irréfléchies, qui sont les véritables autorités de cette culture. Une fois que vous aurez e… - Derrick Jensen

Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry.

In order for us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves. It’s not necessary that the lies be particularly believable, but merely that they be erected as barriers to truth. These barriers to truth are necessary because without them many deplorable acts would become impossibilities. Truth must at all costs be avoided.

We are told that standardized testing must be imposed to make sure students meet a set of standardized criteria so they will later be able to fit into a world that is itself increasingly standardized. Never are we asked, of course, whether it's good to standardrize children (sorry, I mean students), knowledge, or the larger world.