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Oh, I'm fine with the discussion. But please, there is better starting point than this shit. "your rich own most of your politicians", "a nation hurtling toward
by lclarkmichalek 12y ago
Oh, I'm fine with the discussion. But please, there is better starting point than this shit. "your rich own most of your politicians", "a nation hurtling towards decline" are hardly things that can be stated without justification, and I doubt even Fox News would put them in the "fair and balanced" column. Hell, where was the panel comparing the quality of American and Scandinavian universities: of the top 10 universities, as ranked by QS, 6 are American, a not insignificant fact. And I wouldn't mention it had the author not picked the region out for special treatment, but the top university in a Scandinavian country is ranked 45 on that list.
The comic also assumes that the fact that schools in the US are not free automatically leads to the absence of "an educated population [which] equals a strong, steady state ready for the future", which I don't think can be taken to be true without evidence. Ha, most of the things he states can't be taken to be true without evidence, which is so conveniently missing. Regardless, this comic is shit.
So sure, we can talk about this stuff. But can we have a source not so blatantly targeted at the lowest denominator of the left next time, please?
- ColinWright 12y agoI seriously wish you'd given a useful, content-full and considered response like this in the first instance, rather than just dismissing it. Then there could have been a discussion that dissected the source, rather than ignoring it. We could then have had a resource at which to point people who nod sagely and re-tweet thoughtlessly. Too late, now.