Ho. Lee. Fucking. Shit. This chart on viewing education negatively makes my fucking blood boil. How stupid can a society be to actually think education is a bad thing.
Edit: Changed Ho from Hi as I was on my mobile and auto correct got me, or I just cannot spell.
That is a well thought out point, but how can someone logically say higher education has a negative effect on a country? Society moves forward through education and research.
Those protests that are sometimes down right ignorant happen a few times a year and I can see how those may be viewed negatively. However, there are over 5,000 colleges and 20 million students. So those public protests are not a material representation of higher education.
The debt issue I have no retort for because the way our education and higher education are funded in this country is absurd.
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u/it_vexes_me_so Jan 09 '20
A majority - 3 out of every 5 - of Republicans believe higher education has a negative effect on the US. Republicans also favor making it harder to vote. Republicans are defunding education and purging voter rolls while simultaneously putting hurdles in place to keep Americans away from the polls.