Post AdFzCvY5jpDigvfh3I by rombat@sfba.social
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 (DIR) Post #AdFkuv3xPLTyc55ybo by mttaggart@infosec.town
       2023-12-28T01:41:04.557Z
       
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       This is what it looks like when a society is eaten alive by its economy.RE: mastodon.social/users/librarianshipwreck/statuses/111654281631239609
       
 (DIR) Post #AdFmL2xqkjD6bQGFgO by mttaggart@infosec.town
       2023-12-28T01:57:00.260Z
       
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       The linking of education priorities to labor market demand was always going to result in diminishing returns for education.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdFzCvY5jpDigvfh3I by rombat@sfba.social
       2023-12-28T03:42:18Z
       
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       @mttaggart I often think of Carlin’s bit regarding education. “Obedient workers!”
       
 (DIR) Post #AdFzGrMrE3DMskIAPw by mttaggart@infosec.town
       2023-12-28T04:21:54.751Z
       
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       @rombat He wasn't far off! The Horace Mann vision of a  public school in the US was explicitly designed to create efficient factor workers, not independent thinkers.