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submitted 3 months ago by Cap@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 59 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Luckily, underfunding the education of the next generation won't have any long lasting effects on society, right?

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

It creates:

Statistically, a constantly desperate hand-to-mouth workforce that must depend on employers to sustain their existence.
Armed forces signup incentives.
Easily-swayed consumers of products and services. (Run by those with access to nepotism and/or education, naturally.)
And easily manipulated voters.

Underfunding education and having people basically born into debt isn't a neglectful oversight, it's a deliberate strategy.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You maybe missed the sarcasm mark, but I admire your optimism that we'd all get the joke.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Surely people on the internet are fair and reasonable, right? There couldn't possibly be a downside to being sarcastic over posts?