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It's a counterpoint to the drug war: a durable, decades-long intrusion on personal autonomy by the state that produces tangible benefits and improves the qualit
by charonn0 11y ago
It's a counterpoint to the drug war: a durable, decades-long intrusion on personal autonomy by the state that produces tangible benefits and improves the quality of life for society and the individual.
- munificent 11y agoFree mass education is a requirement in a democratic society. It would be national suicide for a government to give people the vote without giving them any competence to go with it.
- humanrebar 11y agoI wonder if the American electorate has that level of competence given the quality of elected leadership in the US.
- cpr 11y agoExcept that the free mass schools provided by the government do little more than dumb people down to a compliant level required for a quiet electorate. See "Dumbing Us Down" by John Taylor Gatto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbing_Us_Down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbing_Us_Down
- awesomerobot 11y agoIt needs to change, but don't forget that without it our illiteracy rates were ridiculous.