In this episode, Nathan and Robert discuss the book “Woke and Weaponized,” a must-read about the influence of Marxism on American public education.
“Classical Conversations is happy to walk alongside you and encourage you in that effort, but finding a good group of people to do that with, if it’s not in Classical Conversations, is important too, because we’re not meant to be alone. God made that really clear when God gave Adam Eve and a strand of three cords is not easily broken. So we all have days where we need lifted up and days where we can lift other people up. And that’s why we need to be in community and not loan schooling. So yeah, get together.” – Robert Bortins
They explore the historical context of socialism and the ideological battle surrounding family, religion, and private property and emphasize the need to reclaim education by aligning with Christian values rather than Marxist ideologies.
“We’ve got to take autonomy over our own lives, give it back to the Lord, be faithful with a little so we can be faithful in much. And I think the Christian parents who are homeschooling have been doing that well for decades. And that’s why so many people want what we want. you know, God’s plan done God’s way, he’s going to have God’s resources.” – Robert Bortins
“We tell legislators kind of the importance of the freedoms that we have to homeschool that we like the law the way it is in California. We want to keep it that way. We’re not asking for handouts. We reiterate that, which sometimes is difficult for them to understand. It’s hard to get that message through sometimes because they’re so used to hearing the demands for money.” – Nathan Pierce about FPM’s Capitol Day
