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If this continues for another couple generations, we're potentially faced with an America of an educated nobility and illiterate peasantry, and the future may l
by dfxm12 1y ago
If this continues for another couple generations, we're potentially faced with an America of an educated nobility and illiterate peasantry, and the future may look very Medieval indeed.
When you look at the conservative attack on public education, the prison industrial complex, et al., it really seems that this is the intention.
- 9cb14c1ec0 1y agoOh yes, the public education that has done such a wonderful job. God forbid parents had better options. /s
- ribosometronome 1y agoThe article, and presumably this discussion, is specifically about a recent decline, e.g. the largely public school system doing a worse job than it used to. It should obviously be worth thinking about the reasons, including things like the attacks on schools.