Election night watch party

[The Outsider]

Bottom post of the previous page:

So we at least agree that Federalism (with this issue) is the way to go, correct?
Why the need for the DoE then?

If you can't trust state governments to act in good faith you need to have strong federal agencies to mitigate that.

But this has deviated a ton from what I originally brought up. The Department of Education has very little to do with the issue I was highlighting.

America is declining because Americans, as a whole, are too stupid to properly disseminate information at the pace it is received in the digital age and I'm sick of pretending that isn't the problem.

With the rapid daily changes in Tech (which you're more aware than I) makes this a global problem. I don't believe this is a uniquely American issue.

To your original point; were you for that babbling theater retard that was going to head the Ministry of Information in Homeland?

What's the fix? Certainly not the government telling me what to believe, no?

And if the states are voting for their own representatives than we all reap what we sow.

A) I don't know who you're referring to.

B) This isn't nearly as large of a problem in most other countries. Technology will keep improving, but to be honest that is irrelevant. Anyone with sufficient critical thinking skills will be able to tell the truth from the propaganda, because most propaganda is lazy and easily refuted if you know how to think.

C) I'm not advocating for the government to tell you what to believe, I'm advocating for the return of education based on critical thinking and the fostering of intellectual curiosity.


The US, in the last 40 years, has fostered a system and population that is ripe for exploitation by authoritarian and fascists.

[emby]

And we will now be exploited by authoritarians and fascists until it becomes bad for business.

Rebuilding the DoE is a pipe dream. The only people who get to go to college now are the rich who will no longer have to resort to bribes to get their precious little angels into prestigious schools they don't have the academics for. And it's not like coming from public schools is going to have a prayer of getting into anything other than trade school or community college. You'll have to bribe your local for profit baptist charter school for a shot at sitting in the student section of a D1 school.

Two tiered education system. Down here you'll learn the skills to more effectively beg for work and up there they'll learn how to milk you for everything you ever earn.

At least they're being honest about it.