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WJB Motown's avatar

How can a country like the USA allow the dismantling of the Department of Education?

That is dumbfounding for nations that take pride in public education and an informed population.

Orange Hitler was not joking when he said "he likes the uneducated." No wonder there are millions of braindead Orange sheep, in a massive flock of cult followers,heading for a giant cliff.

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Ginger's avatar

The wealthy for millenia have known the "uneducated" are easily manipulated to work for nothing to stay alive. Kings, monarchs, most "religions" know that their wealth grows when they control through fear & punishment. Being unable to read or question why an "owner/god" is punishing them allows the "owner/god" to keep them under their iron fist. Education is the beginning of freedom. the "existance" of "hell" alone has reaped much gold.

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Sharon German's avatar

Spot on!!! I was raised Catholic, but was never a believer beyond the age of seven or eight. The best explanation IтАЩve ever heard for organized religion and God is тАЬGod didnтАЩt create man, man created God to control the masses and to control womenтАЭ! I would march beside you to protect your right to practice your religion, even though IтАЩm an atheist. All I ask is that you never try to pass laws for the population based on your religious beliefs. I respect everyoneтАЩs rights to worship in any way they choose or to not worship at all. Just donтАЩt try to pass laws based on anyoneтАЩs individual religious belief! State religion has no place in a Democratic society!

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Ginger's avatar

Lapsed Roman Catholic here... the church lost me @ 12yo after they wouldn't allow my mom & I to attend mass because she was divorced , you cannot make this crap up... it was disgusting

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Kathleen Persons's avatar

My mother gave premature birth to twins. One was stillborn, the other died shortly after birth. The Church allowed burial in the church cemetery for only the live birth baby who had been immediately baptized. The other was buried outside the fence. Original sin and all that nonsense.

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Sharon German's avatar

ThatтАЩs beyond horrible! I wouldnтАЩt have buried either child in that horrible place! IтАЩm so sorry for you and your familyтАж

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Ginger's avatar

Heartbreaking...it still prevails... What the hell century do we live in?

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Pat Robinson's avatar

What gets me is that big business supports this. Having an uneducated work force was fine in the days of coal mines and old fashioned lumber mills but the vast majority of industries need qualified workers with at least some critical thinking skills at all levels (any one trying to read an owner's manual knows you need to have more than a 3rd grade education to figure them out). Long gone are the days of the shade tree mechanics, now farmers have to take their John Deere tractors to a qualified Johon Deere tractor repair person. Where does (even Telsa) expect to get these workers? How do they expect to stay competitive on the global stage when China is beating us by leaps and bounds in the area of education? I know trump has no clue but I've always thought many leaders of big business were smart (maybe immoral and greedy but smart). Aas the education level goes down so does the earning power and therefore the purchasing power which does not bode well for much of the economy. I don't think there are enough rich kids to fill the needs of big business.

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WJB Motown's avatar

Serial narcissist Orange Rapist once he has sucked his victim dry, now the USA, will have no problem seeing it destroyed and laid waist. His Orange cult serves only as narcissitic supply for the time being.

He is, as many have warned, the biggest threat to humanity since 1939-45.

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Sharon German's avatar

Republicans have been defunding public education for the last 50 or 60 years. ItтАЩs why Trump loves the uneducated, because he knows they can be controlled easily with fear and lies!

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Jaye's avatar

And they are poorly educated too. Some home school. I wonder how many of them are educated as teachers to teach their children at home. All this to avoid sending their children to public school.

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Pat Robinson's avatar

So true, and again, that worked well even 50 years ago but the work force and the globalization of business has changed so much. For the GOP power over anyone is better than no power, but for business, well low taxes on no profits because you have in inept work force isn't much of a consolation for supporting these elected officials.

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Debbie E's avatar

Only hope we don't get pulled over that giant cliff with them!

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Jaye's avatar

Because of the election. There are consequences to elections.

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