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h54@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Forget what it says on the tin. To truly understand a society, look at its institutions.

Education isn’t valued by the sociopaths that run the US.

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MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It hasn’t been for some time.

“Education” is indoctrination. That’s why kids are forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. It’s why I was taught about Columbus. It’s why I believed that “Honest Abe” fought for the rights of slaves.

All bullshit, but each was a small building block to believing that somehow the US was a special place, a blessed nation, where personal expression and equality and opportunity were valued and hard work meant success.

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- h54@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  
  And the sad thing - even at its worst, the US is still a better place to live than 80% of the world.
  
  I’d say it depends on what you value. If one is born of a certain caste (or above) and wants to accumulate stuff, I’d say you’re right.
  
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Bakkoda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Clarification: Education is so dangerous to the ruling class that they are attempting to remove it.

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