• @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    1229 days ago

    The point of school is to churn out workers. The government didn’t throw money into education because it felt generous.

    • @flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      529 days ago

      Ya’ll are forgetting it also doubles as childcare for all the workers you’re employing, but paid for by the state, which is why capital was behind it.

      • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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        229 days ago

        Oh, 100%. But we wouldn’t need childcare if the kids could work the factories. Unfortunately, that needs a minimum level of education.

    • @barsoap@lemm.ee
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      329 days ago

      In a democracy, you should have good schools for the simple reason as to have a people that’s actually able to carry a democracy.

      • PastafARRian
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        129 days ago

        The United States is a flawed democracy, so we have good schools for few and great schools for fewer.

      • NeilBrü
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        29 days ago

        They’re worth learning to understand the universe and the history of how that knowledge was derived and/or discovered.

        If it helps you get a job, all the better, but they’re worth learning for their own sake.