Why Would Anyone Even Want “Free” College In An Age Where It Is Obsolete?

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This year, “free college” has become a hot-button political issue, especially among young people. It is true that college debt has been crippling for many young people, but they sadly fell for a scam in even going to college to begin with.

As children we are traumatized by our public school teachers, who year after year tell us that our lives will be miserable and filled with failure if we do not take formal education seriously, and continue with it all the way through college. This idea that success and happiness is dependent upon performance in school and other government institutions is a tactic of mind control.

There was once a time where the establishment was able to set up universities as a barrier to entry for certain jobs, but for the most part, that is a thing of the past.

If college actually did have a purpose at some time, that time is long gone, and people can now educate themselves on the internet without the propaganda, and can teach themselves the skills that they need to enter the workplace.

Diploma’s are not even very impressive to employers nowadays because many have found that a formal education does not always guarantee a good worker and a critical thinker. People who have a good attitude and an ability to think on their own are now in a much higher demand than people who have been able to sit through college classes and follow the orders of their teachers.

In reality, it seems that going to college actually puts people at a disadvantage when entering the workforce, because they waste years of their lives in school when they could have been learning skills and working their way up their field. Additionally, they are stuck with a massive load of debt that they will be unable to pay off for many years.

Earlier this month, it was reported that for the second year in a row, the Gallup Organization, along with Purdue University, surveyed about 30,000 graduates of four-year colleges in the U.S and discovered that most of them did not feel that the “college experience” was worth the time and money spent.

There are some jobs that still do require college diplomas as a matter of policy, but most of these industries are deeply entrenched in the state, and people should shy away from these positions anyway. To work as a doctor in a hospital you may need a college diploma, but you will also be brainwashed with the lies of the big pharma culture, all the way through college and medical school. However, to open a holistic medical center and work as an alternative doctor would require much more independent research and on the job learning and would not be as grounded in formal education. Likewise, most government and wall street jobs require diplomas, but who in their right mind would want to work for the enemy?!

Most independent employers have become very lenient about formal education, and instead are looking for intelligent people with a good attitude. Anything that can be learned in a college can be learned on the internet for free, and the whole entire formal education structure is now obsolete.

So why would anyone be interested in even going to college, and also, why has this become such a big political issue, when it should be irrelevant?

The documentary below gives an excellent explanation of what exactly is wrong with college.

Here is a BADASS list of over 40 educational websites:

1. ALISON –  over 60 million lessons and records 1.2 million unique visitors per month
2. COURSERA – Educational website that works with universities to get their courses on the Internet, free for you to use. Learn from over 542 courses.
3. The University of Reddit – The free university of Reddit.
4. UDACITY – Advance your education and career through project-based online classes, mainly focused around computer, data science and mathematics.
5. MIT Open CourseWare – Free access to quite a few MIT courses that are on par with what you’d expect from MIT.
6. Open Culture – Compendium of free learning resources, including courses, textbooks, and videos/films.
7. No Excuse List – Huge list of websites to learn from.
8. Open YALE Courses – Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University All lectures were recorded in the Yale College classroom and are available in video, audio, and text transcript formats. Registration is not required
9. Khan Academy – Watch thousands of micro-lectures on topics ranging from history and medicine to chemistry and computer science.
10. Zooniverse – Take part in a huge variety of interesting studies of nature, science, and culture.
11. TUFTS Open CourseWare – Tufts OpenCourseWare is part of a new educational movement initiated by MIT that provides free access to course content for everyone online. Tufts’ course offerings demonstrate the University’s strength in the life sciences in addition to its multidisciplinary approach, international perspective and underlying ethic of service to its local, national and international communities.
12. How Stuff Works? – More scientific lessons and explanations than you could sort through in an entire year.

13. Harvard Medical School Open Courseware The mission of the Harvard Medical School Open Courseware Initiative is to exchange knowledge from the Harvard community of scholars to other academic institutions, prospective students, and the general public.
14. VideoLectures.NET – the title says it all – amazing video lectures on many topics.
15. TED – Motivational and educational lectures from noteworthy professionals around the world.
16. Shodor – A non-profit research and education organisation dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically trough the use of modeling and simulation technologies. Included in this site are instructional resources, software, interactive lessons, explorations and information about workshops for students, teachers and learners of all ages on mathematics and science. Make sure you check Shodor Interactive – a great collection of interactive math, geometry, fractal, probability, algebra and statistics activities.
17. Udemy FREE Courses – hundreds of experts teach on Udemy every month including New York Times best-selling authors, CEOs, Ivy League professionals and celebrity instructors. Courses include video, live lectures and tools to help teachers interact with students and track their progress. There are many free courses that can teach you business, law, programming, design, mathematics, science, photography, yoga and many more.
18. Maths & Science – Courses, tests and learning materials about mathematics and science for students from 1 to 12 grade.
19. edX.org – Free courses designed specifically for interactive study via the web, provided by MIT, Harvard, Barkley, Georgetown, Boston University, University of Washington, Karolinska Institute, Kyoto University and many more.
20. iTunes U – Apple’s free app that gives students mobile access to many courses. It offers many free video courses, books, presentations and audio lectures.

21. Liberty Classroom – Owned by bestselling author Tom Woods. Offers some free courses in history and economics, but at the price of one movie ticket a month you can gain access to a lot of useful information. Not completely free, but totally worth it…
22. Drawspace – Hundreds of free drawing lessons.
23. Codeacademy – Easy way to learn how to code. It’s interactive, fun and you can do it with your friends.
24. Duke U – Duke offers variety of free courses on iTunesU.
25. Scitable – A free science library and personal learning tool that currently concentrates on genetic, the study of evolution, variation and the rich complexity of living organisms.
26. My own business – Offers free online business administration course that would be beneficial to new managers and to anyone who is interested in starting a business.
27. Kutztown University’s free courses – The Kutztown University of Pennsylvania’s Small Business Development Center offers more than 80 free business courses online. Kutztown’s courses are individualized and self-paced. Many of the courses feature high-end graphics, interactive case studies and audio streams.
28. Open Learn – Gives you free access to Open University course materials.
29. Free Computer Books – Free computer, mathematics, technical books and lecture notes.
30. Academic Earth – Free video lectures from the world’s top scholars.31. American Sign Language Browser – Teach yourself sign language online
32. BBC Languages – Teach yourself a new spoken language online.
33. unplugthetv – Randomly selects an educational video for you to watch.
34. Lifehacker – Learn to hack life! Tips and tricks for improving all areas of your life.
35. JustinGuitar – Hundreds of free guitar lessons as well as some basic music theory.
36. DuoLingo – Learn a new language for free while helping to translate the web.
37. Layers Magazine – Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Premiere Pro, In Design and After Effects tutorials.
38. Creative Flow – list of OVER 950 Photoshop tutorials to keep your skillset up to date.
39. Open2study – Open2Study delivers free, high-quality education online. You can study subjects with real value, and in just four weeks you can learn something new, explore the next step in your career, challenge yourself or simply satisfy your curiosity. These subjects are provided by leading Australian institutions, and are taught by academics and leading industry professionals who love to teach. All you need is an internet connection and the desire to study.
40. OEDb – Choose from over 10,000 free online classes


John Vibes is an author, researcher and investigative journalist who takes a special interest in the counter-culture and the drug war. In addition to his writing and activist work, he organizes a number of large events including the Free Your Mind Conference, which features top-caliber speakers and whistle-blowers from all over the world.

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