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The Danger of Ignorance

August 21, 2020 by Barry J. Klazura No Comments

In this excellent little article, Stella Morabito puts before us what many have found to be true; the sad state of ignorance among many of today’s youth. I gave a lecture a couple of years ago to a group of 20 something veterans, hopefully among our best and brightest. I made a reference to the “burning bush” (it is a great scene in the movie, The Great Santini) and I had to stop as I could tell by their expressions that the reference had gone right over their heads. I asked if anyone of them knew what the “burning bush” was in Biblical history and not one of them had the slightest idea. How about Moses? Again, blank faces. It was an amazing experience for me and I altered, on the spot, the intellectual level of my talk. I lowered it to a level where I could get facial feedback from each of them. Image being trapped in a world where you have no points of reference, no sense of history, where you face each day with as if it is your first on a strange planet with nothing to guide you, to help you handle every challenge. You would have to feel frustrated, alone and stuck in a situation where everything seems to be set against you. This seems to be the world which we see played out on the streets today, with mindless riots, looting and destruction. Here is how we have gotten to this place. What a waste of human potential. https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/10/deep-inside-rioters-are-angry-that-they-never-learned-anything-but-lies/

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Barry J. Klazura

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With a Masters Degree in Guerrilla Warfare and Totalitarianism, Mr. Klazura was well prepped for a career in Sales and General Management, consulting on corporate startups and turnarounds as well as lecturing on history and politics.  For the past twenty years he has focused on being a financial advisor and consulting.

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