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'Before marrying Melania in 2005': What new documents claim about Trump-Epstein
(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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There's literally nothing Donald Trump could do that would make his worshipping voters change their minds about him. They believe anything critical of him is a lie and made up to hurt him politically. I can't believe how dumb the electorate has become. Must be a general lack of education.
Republican politicians have long used language targeted at a 5th grade level of comprehension. Trump's big innovation in politics was targeting a 4th grade level.
I often hear conservative family members complain about the public school system and calling for it to be dismantled. To them, the public school system is the reason for every evil the US faces, both on economic issues and social issues. They all listen to a lot of conservative talk radio and happily mix bible quotes and Rush Limbaugh quotes into the same sentence.
Just like testing for covid, if you never learn about something it never existed.
Yes, it's the same family members who refused to do their part by getting vaccinated and were convinced that the rest of us would be dead by now from the "government poison vaccine."
The outrage-machine of culture war has become so fervent that it's the only thing they care about. I watch police bodycam videos because they're genuinely unscripted (unlike reality tv). The frequency with which arrestees cite their poor living conditions as motivations for their actions always has me wondering how much they attribute their circumstance to oligarchs fucking us all over vs anger that's turned outward towards groups that don't affect them at all. Obviously, I'm projecting, but it's something that drives my curiosity.
More education generally means richer.
Rich people generally pay for better education.
Children generally vote the same as their parents.
Richer generally means more likely to vote republican.
Very US-centric take. College education should be part of the general public education system like it is in Europe. It should not be connected to a person's net worth. In Europe, you go to college based on merits, not wealth.
I also think it's a very questionable conclusion to say that the more educated people are, the more they vote Republican. In fact, it's the exact opposite. Hence, Republicans have incentive to keep people as dumb as possible.
The republican part, certainly
In Europe the rich also pay for additional education to maximise their offsprings merits. Maybe not to the same degree, but it is there.
Agreed. I specifically avoided drawing that conclusion.
Maybe in a few countries like the UK, but expensive private education is not common in continental Europe. The best public universities are tuition free and provide some of the best education in the world. Rich and poor side by side in the auditorium.
Music lessons, sports training, after school clubs, as well as top up tuition for traditional subjects all cost money.
https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/private-spending-on-education.html?oecdcontrol-6d88dc639b-var6=PRY_NTRY
You're splitting hairs. Fact of the matter is that Europe is doing a much better job at making higher education available to all.
Compare the point you want to make
To my original statement
The hairs you think we are splitting are on completely different heads.