TGLS wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 2:29 pmWell that's kind of how public education works, isn't it? Whether you teach something or not, you're making a political statement. The most apolitical you can really get is just making it really milquetoast.
In an ideal world, education's the great equalizer. Moves people towards a common language, gives people a similar cultural background, helps them move up economically. It's like Imperial China, except everyone needs to develop the same cultural background because in a democracy the rulers are everyone.
Public education, by necessity, works on teaching a consensus as opposed to a singular ideology. At least in a decent liberal democracy. Both in all that's good and which is bad. It's a big mistake to blindly rely on public education to bring kids up anyways, as there's way more to educating kids, than just sending them to school or kindergarten, like so many people seem to believe these days.
TGLS wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 2:29 pm
It's already hard enough when it involves crossing a national border. You really want to add, "need to find a rocketship" to that?
Societies like that, have a tendency to de-construct themselves in absence of an external foe. And as for picking those up, who want to get out: You can't save everyone. You can't even do that here on Earth. Not even your country, often enough not even in your own town. And as much as it sucks, but people who want to get out, but can't, tend to be catalysts for change. Without them, change can't happen in the first place, so one could argue that it's benefitial for all, if you can't save everyone. What's good for the "All" isn't necessarily also good for the "One".
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