34131 YuNoHaHoDe35 DuringThe 19th&20th Centuries,
Q&@
ALTHOUGH
MANY PAID LIP SERVICE
TO JEREMY BENTHAM'S VISION,
GOVERNMENTS, CORPORATIONS AND LABORATORIES
FOCUSSED ON MORE IMMEDIATE AND WELL-DEFINED AIMS!
Countries measured their success by the size of their territory,
the increase in their population & the growth of their Gross Domestic Product -
nòt by the happiness of their citizens! Industrialized nations such as Germany, France & Japan
established gigantic systems of education, health & welfare, yet these systems were aimed to strengthen
the Nation rather than ensure individual well-being? Schools were founded to produce skillful & obedient citizens
who wóuld serve the nation loyally! At 18, youths needed to be not only patriotic but also literate, so that they
could read the brigadier's order of the day & draw up tomorrow's battle plans! They had to know mathematics
in order to calculate the shell's trajectory or crack the enemy's secret code?! They needed a reasonable com-
mand of electrics, mechanics & medicine, in order to operate wireless sets, drive tanks & take care of wounded
comrades. When they left the army they were expected to serve the nation as clerks, teachers & engineers,
building a modern economy and paying lots of taxes. The same went for the health system. At the end of the
19th century countries such as France, Germany & Japan began providing free health care for the masses...
They financed vaccinations for infants, balanced diets for children & physical education for teenagers. They
drained festering swamps, exterminated mosquitoes & built centralized sewage systems: the aim wasn't to
make people happy, but to make the nation stronger because the nation needed sturdy soldiers & workers,
healthy women who would give birth to more soldiers & workers, and bureaucrats who came to the office
punctually at 8 a.m. Instead of lying sick at home.........
MANY PAID LIP SERVICE
TO JEREMY BENTHAM'S VISION,
GOVERNMENTS, CORPORATIONS AND LABORATORIES
FOCUSSED ON MORE IMMEDIATE AND WELL-DEFINED AIMS!
Countries measured their success by the size of their territory,
the increase in their population & the growth of their Gross Domestic Product -
nòt by the happiness of their citizens! Industrialized nations such as Germany, France & Japan
established gigantic systems of education, health & welfare, yet these systems were aimed to strengthen
the Nation rather than ensure individual well-being? Schools were founded to produce skillful & obedient citizens
who wóuld serve the nation loyally! At 18, youths needed to be not only patriotic but also literate, so that they
could read the brigadier's order of the day & draw up tomorrow's battle plans! They had to know mathematics
in order to calculate the shell's trajectory or crack the enemy's secret code?! They needed a reasonable com-
mand of electrics, mechanics & medicine, in order to operate wireless sets, drive tanks & take care of wounded
comrades. When they left the army they were expected to serve the nation as clerks, teachers & engineers,
building a modern economy and paying lots of taxes. The same went for the health system. At the end of the
19th century countries such as France, Germany & Japan began providing free health care for the masses...
They financed vaccinations for infants, balanced diets for children & physical education for teenagers. They
drained festering swamps, exterminated mosquitoes & built centralized sewage systems: the aim wasn't to
make people happy, but to make the nation stronger because the nation needed sturdy soldiers & workers,
healthy women who would give birth to more soldiers & workers, and bureaucrats who came to the office
punctually at 8 a.m. Instead of lying sick at home.........
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