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The idea of racial classifications in the United States serves more as a benefits tracking system. That's why it's a problem for me why resources aren't allotted evenly unless the system is tracking the the benefits largely remaining in certain areas and sparse in others.Yup it’s only really “capitalism” in the USA if you one of the few in the owner class at the top....And even then those folks have no problem asking for and accepting bail outs and put things in place that prevent others from taking their spot instead of letting the markets work like what capitalism is supposed to be
Pure socialism would end up being a mess as well cuz no way would resources be allocated fairly due to racial differences...The lil bit of social safety nets/programs we do have now is already proof it’s not equal for everyone...There is a class of ppl that routinely vote and support things against their self interests because they don’t want other groups to benefit as well
Germany has a population that is 1/4th of ours and is 1/30th our size. It's a good example for various reasons though, and if I lived anywhere else it would be there. Also my airbnb tour guide (with no debt and two masters degrees) was dying to come to the U.S. btw (to live due to her masters degrees being useless since everyone has them)
Also most importantly, Germany is not socialist.
That's an interesting perspective.The idea of racial classifications in the United States serves more as a benefits tracking system. That's why it's a problem for me why resources aren't allotted evenly unless the system is tracking the the benefits largely remaining in certain areas and sparse in others.
Confused by the poll. Do you have to "love" socialism to be opposed to pure capitalism?
You right now:A lot of people here hate capitalism but love Nikes, iPhones, designer clothes, video games, etc.
cosmiccoffee9 So many ideas there.
Can you speak more on, "use that to fund infrastructure fit for this century--magnet trains, weekend-long bridge repairs, rooftop gardens and green spaces in cities--along with subsidized schooling from kindergarten to 16th grade."
1. The accessibility to High Speed Rail is something that has been LONG overdue here.
2. The Green Space in most cities are non-existent and with more people moving into cities these days, I can't see that improving. (They have no issues with building UP though).
3. Rooftop gardens, why would "they" do that? EYE see the importance of them but why would they do that when they could put a pool and a courtyard up there and charge people $400 more on their rents/leases.
I come in Peace.
In a decade or 2 we’ll see the flight cycle happen again when all these young gentrifyers moving back into the city have kids thats real school age...They not sending em to city schools, back to the suburbs they go ...They’ll trade the brunches n festivals for making sure their youngins go to the big school with the nice repYea in DC, White folks have just been moving into certain neighborhoods and putting pressure on Council Members / MAyor Bowser to "clean the schools up" so they can stop spending $30K per year for Private schools. They eventually would LIKE to send their precious children to the Public Schools. Right now, you barely see any white kids in DC Public schools unless they are in certain areas.
gry60 I like what Finland is doing there.
Yesterday, I watched "Capital" by Picketty on Netflix, and after reading reviews on the book I found out about another piece on economic inequality (The Great Leveler).this discussion would not have had any legs 10 years ago and that alone warms my heart.
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Yea in DC, White folks have just been moving into certain neighborhoods and putting pressure on Council Members / MAyor Bowser to "clean the schools up" so they can stop spending $30K per year for Private schools. They eventually would LIKE to send their precious children to the Public Schools. Right now, you barely see any white kids in DC Public schools unless they are in certain areas.
gry60 I like what Finland is doing there.
This tale of a single rescued child hints at some of the reasons for the tiny Nordic nation’s staggering record of education success, a phenomenon that has inspired, baffled and even irked many of America’s parents and educators. Finnish schooling became an unlikely hot topic after the 2010 documentary film Waiting for “Superman” contrasted it with America’s troubled public schools.
“Whatever it takes” is an attitude that drives not just Kirkkojarvi’s 30 teachers, but most of Finland’s 62,000 educators in 3,500 schools from Lapland to Turku—professionals selected from the top 10 percent of the nation’s graduates to earn a required master’s degree in education. Many schools are small enough so that teachers know every student. If one method fails, teachers consult with colleagues to try something else. They seem to relish the challenges. Nearly 30 percent of Finland’s children receive some kind of special help during their first nine years of school. The school where Louhivuori teaches served 240 first through ninth graders last year; and in contrast with Finland’s reputation for ethnic homogeneity, more than half of its 150 elementary-level students are immigrants—from Somalia, Iraq, Russia, Bangladesh, Estonia and Ethiopia, among other nations. “Children from wealthy families with lots of education can be taught by stupid teachers,” Louhivuori said, smiling. “We try to catch the weak students. It’s deep in our thinking.”
The transformation of the Finns’ education system began some 40 years ago as the key propellent of the country’s economic recovery plan. Educators had little idea it was so successful until 2000, when the first results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a standardized test given to 15-year-olds in more than 40 global venues, revealed Finnish youth to be the best young readers in the world. Three years later, they led in math. By 2006, Finland was first out of 57 countries (and a few cities) in science. In the 2009 PISA scores released last year, the nation came in second in science, third in reading and sixth in math among nearly half a million students worldwide. “I’m still surprised,” said Arjariita Heikkinen, principal of a Helsinki comprehensive school. “I didn’t realize we were that good.”
Ninety-three percent of Finns graduate from academic or vocational high schools, 17.5 percentage points higher than the United States, and 66 percent go on to higher education, the highest rate in the European Union. Yet Finland spends about 30 percent less per student than the United States.
So you're probably one of these same hippocrates I'm talking about? I see it provoked a reaction.This is one of them “dumb smart” comments you see all over YouTube comments
TIL Netflix has Capital on their platform. Thanks for the notice, will give it a watch since I've got the book sitting and waiting to be read too.Yesterday, I watched "Capital" by Picketty on Netflix,