It’s been a stereotype for at least the last 50 years. Why has this never changed? Why has organized labor not had a substantial effect for such an essential part of the workforce?

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    Forget what it says on the tin. To truly understand a society, look at its institutions.

    Education isn’t valued by the sociopaths that run the US.

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      It hasn’t been for some time.

      “Education” is indoctrination. That’s why kids are forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. It’s why I was taught about Columbus. It’s why I believed that “Honest Abe” fought for the rights of slaves.

      All bullshit, but each was a small building block to believing that somehow the US was a special place, a blessed nation, where personal expression and equality and opportunity were valued and hard work meant success.

      And the sad thing - even at its worst, the US is still a better place to live than 80% of the world.

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      Clarification: Education is so dangerous to the ruling class that they are attempting to remove it.