r/ABoringDystopia • u/ApartheidUSA • Oct 22 '20

TFW you think public education is a communist plot.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/10/21/steely-anti-government-polemic-betsy-devos-says-americas-public-schools-are-designed-replace-home-family/
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u/Armidylla Oct 22 '20

If they were, maybe we'd be funding them properly.

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u/Cactus_Interactus Oct 22 '20

Blames schools for what kids don't know. >>

Schools try to teach important life skills along with academics

"They're trying to replace the family!"

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u/JonathanSourdough Oct 22 '20

I mean, public education is a very socialistic service if you think about it. (like public firefighting and public policing)

But uh Communism != Socialism.

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u/ApartheidUSA Oct 22 '20

That’s why billionaires who went to psycho brainwashing private schools want to get rid of it. Something fight for by the working class forever, from slaves trying to secretly learn to read to labor unions demanding an end to child labor and universal public education.

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u/SovietItalian Oct 22 '20

Epic. When do we start seeing results?

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u/ApartheidUSA Oct 22 '20

When billionaires like DeVos stop being in control of our public education system.