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Even the Soviet Union made people go to school, and getting a degree was a route to higher status. (there have been a few Communist revolutions against the con
by pjc50 1y ago
Even the Soviet Union made people go to school, and getting a degree was a route to higher status.
(there have been a few Communist revolutions against the concept of "university", for various political reasons, but China rebuilt theirs after the purges and Cambodia is a sad historical footnote)
- NoOn3 1y agoAt least in the Soviet Union, they were free...
- thatoneguy 1y agoIn Soviet Union, university education free but came at cost of living in Soviet Union - Yakov Smirnoff, probably
- realitybit3z 1y agoIN RESPONSE TO Even the Soviet Union made people go to school, and getting a degree was a route to higher status. Also people did that to avoid Dedovshchina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina https://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/russia1004/2.htm https://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/russia1004/2.htm