We Are College Educated

Most middle class parents do not want their youngsters to work with their hands, but prefer that their children be college educated and follow a professional career. That is admirable and acceptable up to a point. There are some problems associated with this career advice.

First, not all youngsters should go to college, for working at a computer with their heads may not be what will make them happy.

Second, there may not be enough jobs available in those kinds of jobs, so borrowing $100,000 to get a four-year degree may not be the golden certificate like it once was.

Third, so many generations of repeat college-educated workers has created a class of intellectuals in America completely divorced from the trades, farming, driving jobs or factory work. Concomitantly, this disconnect from real people doing real work has allowed the educated class to feel alienated and live lives divorced from those working with their hands. This overclass is separated from the invaluable insights that blue collar workers bring to life and living.

Fourth, those that work with their minds on electronic equipment in a cubicle feel superior to and look down on those working with their hands. The old human instinct to feel superior to those that are "inferior" has reared its ugly head once more. This arrogant, mistaken stance is what allows  the overclass to feel contempt towards underclass  group members whose advice and opinions are dismissed as being without merit. This is unfortunate and tragic for all, because truth is moderate. We need input from diverse points of view to come close to arriving at the truth, an always difficult struggle aiming at an elusive, moving target. Once we have arrived at the truth, we can think right, act right, based upon wise choosing.

Fifth, my blue collar philosophy likely would have better received forty years ago when more Americans worked with their hands, and more Americans were directly touched by the efforts of blue collar workers. Perhaps the coming generation of anarchist/individuators will appreciate the blue collar point of view as that will be a large part of the work that they perform.

This blue collar philosophy is a system of advanced thinking, predicated upon reflections, discussions and conclusions arising from a combination the work and thinking of both office workers and those that work with their hands, resulting in uniuqe fresh thinking about our lives and the world in which we live.