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Was Public School Created To Make Factory Workers?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Importance of Want Versus Need in Building a Nation

The powerful will always focus on the children. Sometimes with sincerity, often with ulterior motives like Dr. Moikier says much of the education kids were receiving in these Prussian schools. The early industrial capitalist spent a huge amount of time socially conditioning their labor forces. They wanted to make the workers more malleable, you could say, more receptive to incentives.

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