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Dayne Relihan's avatar

I don't think our educational system holds as much blame for the sheer ignorance a large percentage of the population as gutting of funding for public and higher education all for the purpose of cutting taxes.

ā€œPublic education does not exist for the benefit of students or the benefit of their parents. It exists for the benefit of the social order.

We have discovered as a species that it is useful to have an educated population. You do not need to be a student or have a child who is a student to benefit from public education. Every second of every day of your life, you benefit from public education.

So let me explain why I like to pay taxes for schools, even though I don't personally have a kid in school: It's because I don't like living in a country with a bunch of stupid people.ā€

― John Green

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howard's avatar

There are roughly 60k students at ivy league schools some modest percentage of whom behave foolishly.

There are tens of millions of trumpists who are prepared to vote in fascism.

Which problem deserves greater attention?

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