In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party

Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by coldtea on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @03:56AM (#17651340)

Yep. Mass education (as opposed to high end elite education) can turn a nation of free people into slaves (or, as Japanese call it, 社畜: corporate livestock). After a century of that, they're losing their collective will to live, too [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Japan

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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by oblio on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @07:20AM (#17652223)

So the lesson you learned is that mass education is bad? ...

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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by coldtea on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:15AM (#17652853)

Not mass education as in the abstract concept of "educating the masses", but mass education as its actually practiced.

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