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Hortensis

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21. Yes. It has been happening here, a trend of shifting investment and
Fri Jun 11, 2021, 11:50 AM
Jun 2021

services away from the working classes who pay for them. Like education.

Privatizing and profitizing public schools has had modest success so far, but in places has succeeded in shifting significant public investment from all to a few. Eliminating taxpayer-supported universal compulsory elementary education (a huge expense) awaits the power to impose it.

Turning higher education into a profit center doesn't just require students to run deep in debt, combined with low wage levels for those without, it strongly discourages "unnecessary" higher education of citizens in general. Of course, the anti-tax/anti-government/anti-democracy forces have had their greatest successes here.

Too blatant repurposing of a state's public education and college system to limit it to training workers for state industry may be rejected, but quiet and broad cuts to curricula have succeeded.

Life will dramatically change under ogliarchy.. [View all] I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 OP
It can definitely happen here. nt JanMichael Jun 2021 #1
It IS happening here. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #6
Yes. It has been happening here, a trend of shifting investment and Hortensis Jun 2021 #21
Does he still have a show on RT? Budi Jun 2021 #2
I don't know I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #3
You miss the Russia TV Channel? Budi Jun 2021 #4
I liked RT and a few other shows. I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #7
Yikes indeed. obnoxiousdrunk Jun 2021 #12
Oh boy obamanut2012 Jun 2021 #20
Thom Hartmann is on Free Speech Tv kimbutgar Jun 2021 #8
No Thom made the mistake of being on RT StClone Jun 2021 #10
Ok. Thanks. I don't watch either but recall he had a show on one of those. Budi Jun 2021 #16
No! Thom found it was a poor avenue for his show StClone Jun 2021 #9
Probably Thom obnoxiousdrunk Jun 2021 #11
Thom is very smart and careful. He wanted to widen his audience. But, RT was a mistake. StClone Jun 2021 #13
You could look it up. CrackityJones75 Jun 2021 #14
You could not respond either, I spose. Budi Jun 2021 #17
Well if you are going to rip a member CrackityJones75 Jun 2021 #18
Sorry i didn't respond back kimbutgar Jun 2021 #19
Thought it had already happened. Hoyt Jun 2021 #5
Based on oligarchy so far, not for the better. Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #15
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