#louisiana is so embarrassing. #republicans control our state and their plan to keep their citizens poorly educated and ignorant is working fine. Only the poorly #educated or the rich vote for #GOP politicians and they know it
#louisiana is so embarrassing. #republicans control our state and their plan to keep their citizens poorly educated and ignorant is working fine. Only the poorly #educated or the rich vote for #GOP politicians and they know it
@georgetakei The ‘method’ to the ‘madness’ of #DonaldTheDeplorable is called *Chapter 11 bankruptcy*!!
He grifts and grifts until the grift-givers learn to stop. Then he sticks them with the bill!
That’s why #Trump said “I love the poorly #educated.” He meant it! Most Americans are idiots.
This book was recommended by my therapist. I am so glad I found it. This author's life mirrors some of my own. I felt the heartbreak of breaking free from a broken family, and I felt the struggles of starting a higher education after almost no real schooling (thanks, mom). I had to earn my GED first, but close enough.
Honestly, it was so hard for me that it took a couple of years to read it. It has a special place on my bookshelf.
#tarawestover
#bookrecommendations
#educated
#book
And this is why #democracy doesn't work without a well #educated well #informed #electorate.
@pixel @lumi then I guess the level of pain isn't high enough for them to make the switchover to something evidently better...
Call me a "#BenevolentDictator" in that sense, but I refuse to obey #TechIlliterates demanding me to use #enshittified garbage...
And yes, it's hard not to become bitterly sarcastic about this issue...
#VP #KamalaHarris Shouldn’t Have To #Prove Her #Blackness—#JanetJackson’s Recent #Comments Show Why.
Harris is one of the most #decorated, #educated, #experienced, and #knowledgeable #candidates in the #presidentialrace. So why are folks still #bickering over the #color of her #skin?
I don't think it's a coincidence that the 7 key #SwingStates ALL have fewer college #educated voters than the national average. #MtP
#DeSantis thinks he can make #climateChange disappear if he mandates that #textbooks delete any mention of it. Once again I ask, why would any company hire people from #Florida? Businesses want smart, #educated employees who understand important issues, and can take them into account when creating solutions. Florida students are receiving a censored education without the topics that are relevant to the present and future.
@npr Some Yale students are finally getting #Educated by waking up to the fact that some #Wealthy #Privileged #FatCats are getting #Fatter off of them. #LetTheFeedingFrenzyBegin https://press.coop/@NPR/112044432090093708
@NPR Some students are finally getting #Educated by waking up to the fact that some #Wealthy #Privileged #FatCats are getting #Fatter off of them. #LetTheFeedingFrenzyBegin
Julia rejected the constraints of #Roman #Patriarchy, and paid the price. Also, note the parallels between later #RomanHistory and that of the #USA -- as the Roman Empire began restricting women's rights and enforcing "family values". And we all know what happened to the #RomanEmpire...
Notable #RomanWomen: #Julia
Julia was born in 39 BCE, the daughter of the first #RomanEmperor, #Augustus (#Octavian). As her “#guardian,” Augustus severely restricted Julia’s freedom, but as the daughter of the emperor, Augustus made sure Julia was well-#educated.
Augustus had arranged several marriages for Julia, all for political reasons. Julia resented this, and was known for having several lovers. Augustus ignored her behavior for a while, since she had born several heirs to the family line.
However, in 2 BCE, Julia was arrested for “#adultery and #treason,” and Augustus accused her of plotting against him, though at the time, Augustus has passed laws promoting “#FamilyValues”. Julia was exiled to a small island, where it is said she died of starvation.
This is a friendly, even if pedantic, reminder to talking heads, such as Bruce Maiman, that #DonaldTheDeplorable did not say "I love the non-college #educated!", he said "I love the *poorly* educated!" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-donald-trump-college-educated-republicans_n_65b2a8a6e4b04d8995104d8e
#MAGA cult members who graduated from fake 'universities', such as #LibertyU or #HillsdaleCollege , are in fact 'poorly educated'. And unlike #NikkiHaley donors, they are quite welcome in the #MAGAcult !
#PrimaryFromTheCenter and then #VoteBlue to #SaveAmerica.
@jeffowski I read/listened to a book by #PeterTurchin called #EndTimes. It describes what happens when #WhiteCollar #Educated #Lawyers compete for a diminishing number of elite slots among the wealthy.
"yOu ReAlLy ArE aN iDiOt, YoU kNoW tHaT?"
yeah, we all are #idiots until we #learn more about #everything #everyday... telling me the most obvious thing I understand, obviously your idiotic #opinions of me are of the sort that you aren't very well #educated on who I am?! Understood? Does that compute? Does it make any #logical sense?
2+2 = 4
Like #Taliban in #Afghanistan, #FarRight #Conservatives are running #educators out of #Idaho for teaching #kids about #world #cultures and #UnitedNations. Same in #Florida.
They love the #poorlyEducated but hate their #educated #constituents.
They have a #perverseIncentive to keep their state #ignorant & #uneducated because that's the only way they can lock their hold on #power, not by keeping or welcoming #smart people in.
The Origin of Student Debt:
Regan advisor warned that Free College would create a Dangerous Educated Proletariat
It’s important to understand how Americans came to #owe the current cumulative total of *more than $1.6 trillion* for higher education.
In 1970, Ronald Reagan was running for reelection as governor of California. He had first won in 1966 with confrontational rhetoric toward the University of California public college system and executed confrontational policies when in office. In May 1970, Reagan shut down all 28 UC and Cal State campuses in the midst of student protests against the Vietnam War and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia. On October 29, less than a week before the election, his education adviser #Roger A. #Freeman spoke at a press conference to defend him.
Freeman’s remarks were reported the next day in the San Francisco Chronicle under the headline “Professor Sees Peril in Education.”
According to the Chronicle article, Freeman said, “We are in #danger of producing an #educated #proletariat. … That’s dynamite! We have to be #selective on who we #allow [to go to college].”
“If not,” Freeman continued, “we will have a large number of highly trained and unemployed people.”
Freeman also said — taking a highly idiosyncratic perspective on the cause of fascism —“that’s what happened in Germany. I saw it happen.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/08/25/student-loans-debt-reagan/
Many #Black #Californians #report adjusting their appearance or behavior — even #minimizing questions — all to reduce the chances of #discrimination & #bias in #hospitals , #clinics & #doctors’ offices. Of the #strategies they describe taking, 32% pay special attention to how they dress; 35% modify their speech or behavior to put doctors at ease. And 41% of #Black #patients signal to providers that they are #educated , #knowledgeable & #prepared .
@RickiTarr by definition liking the status quo is #conservative think. Is that the issue do you think?
I enjoy the #discussions here and have been caught up in and #educated by several on this #platform which never occurred on the shit site. That was #argument for argument's sake IMHO.
Before anyone (especially white settlers) tries to 'educate' me on #IndianAct in #Canada - pls realize I'm more than a little bit #educated on #Canadian #UglyTruths regarding #Indigenous #FirstNations here. I've fought alongside native #LandDefenders .
Highly suggest #reading #research about past & present #exploitation & #abuses from governments & industry before making ignorant comments about #NativeLands #resourceExtraction & #interconnected #CulturalGenocide issues.