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BALL PEEN HAMMERS ARE DESIGNED AS THE NAME IMPLIES FOR THE HAMMERING OF BALLS AND PEENS
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An eighteen-year-old who joins the military is inclined to believe that the government would never recklessly endanger servicemembers’ lives; military life, however, quickly teaches that reckless endangerment is a large part of the job. A twenty-two-year-old who joins a company is inclined to believe that the best employees will earn promotions; work life, however, quickly teaches that professional advancement is not always fair. A young person who has never held a job is inclined to believe that taxpayers should “pay their fair share”; a new hire who sees a third or more of his paycheck deducted for a litany of government programs has a much different perspective.
It takes most of us two decades to grasp that a great deal of what we have been told about life is different in the “real world.” That’s an awful waste of adolescence, isn’t it? Can you imagine an ancient tribe teaching its youngest members the wrong ways to track and hunt prey only to reveal much-needed survival skills after two decades of life? Of course not. Only in modern, industrial societies does it somehow make sense to disguise the “real world” from the youngest generation until its members stumble into adulthood. Then we shake our heads in dismay and wonder why so many young adults are stumbling.
However, there is something far more nefarious about these abrupt “real world” lessons: they reveal that much of society is based on deception. In the West, young people are taught that their societies embrace free markets, free speech, and democratic forms of government. In the “real world,” central banks distort currency values and manipulate markets, while regulatory burdens make it difficult for regular people to own and operate independent businesses. In the “real world,” governments censor speech that challenges official policy, and prominent public figures, such as Hillary Clinton, openly call for the imprisonment of citizens who express unapproved points of view. In the “real world,” unelected bureaucrats and espionage agencies manage most domestic and foreign policies with scant interest in the opinions of the national populations they purportedly represent. Young Westerners are taught that bigger and more oppressive forms of government will make them “free.” Only later in life do some discover that State-controlled economies and institutional policing of speech achieve the exact opposite.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/04/no_author/we-must-teach-children-to-love-freedom-more-than-government/
It takes most of us two decades to grasp that a great deal of what we have been told about life is different in the “real world.” That’s an awful waste of adolescence, isn’t it? Can you imagine an ancient tribe teaching its youngest members the wrong ways to track and hunt prey only to reveal much-needed survival skills after two decades of life? Of course not. Only in modern, industrial societies does it somehow make sense to disguise the “real world” from the youngest generation until its members stumble into adulthood. Then we shake our heads in dismay and wonder why so many young adults are stumbling.
However, there is something far more nefarious about these abrupt “real world” lessons: they reveal that much of society is based on deception. In the West, young people are taught that their societies embrace free markets, free speech, and democratic forms of government. In the “real world,” central banks distort currency values and manipulate markets, while regulatory burdens make it difficult for regular people to own and operate independent businesses. In the “real world,” governments censor speech that challenges official policy, and prominent public figures, such as Hillary Clinton, openly call for the imprisonment of citizens who express unapproved points of view. In the “real world,” unelected bureaucrats and espionage agencies manage most domestic and foreign policies with scant interest in the opinions of the national populations they purportedly represent. Young Westerners are taught that bigger and more oppressive forms of government will make them “free.” Only later in life do some discover that State-controlled economies and institutional policing of speech achieve the exact opposite.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/04/no_author/we-must-teach-children-to-love-freedom-more-than-government/
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