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1. Barrin+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-06 22:14:50
I'm always confused by the suggestion that education is some sort of panacea for totalitarian ideology.

Someone who is racist or fascist by definition rejects the notion that justice ought to be applied equally and just about anything else that you would likely consider moral or proper.

And fascism also is not a function of wealth inequality. Fascism has historically grown out of the middle-class. Seymour Martin Lipset identified fascism as "Extremismus der Mitte" in Germany. It's well at home in the petite bourgeoisie or in the US I guess you'd say the suburban middle class.

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2. x86_64+31[view] [source] 2020-06-06 22:21:06
>>Barrin+(OP)
People like throwing education out there because it's less politically charged than anything meaningful.
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3. jibal+F1[view] [source] 2020-06-06 22:25:54
>>Barrin+(OP)
"as a start" != "panacea", and education was only offered as one of three items.
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4. krapp+83[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-06 22:37:14
>>x86_64+31
Also to push the false dichotomy that we have to choose one or the other, but can't do both.
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5. JKCalh+M6[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-06 23:06:53
>>x86_64+31
Not really.

I see fear behind most of the worst behavior in our modern politics. Education goes a long way to address fear.

Want politically charged? I suspect the reason the U.S. has its current president is due in part to a emasculated voting class lashing out from feelings of powerlessness. Education would have gone a long way to making them feel more relevant in a constantly changing economy/society.

6. Kednic+F7[view] [source] 2020-06-06 23:15:27
>>Barrin+(OP)
I don't have all the answers, but isn't education an answer to racism? I feel that modern beliefs about race realism don't hold up to a basic understanding of molecular genetics.
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