Re:America has a drinking problem
by JeremyNT on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:36AM
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> Some of it is inequality, but some of it is willful diversity. There is a strong undercurrent that education is bad - a counterculture of ignorance.
This is, of course, self-fulfilling. In a society where education is poor, people will extrapolate from their own experience to conclude that all education is equally poor.
Source: grew up in the rural South, attending public school, surrounded by people who (correctly) viewed their education as nearly useless.
This is, of course, self-fulfilling. In a society where education is poor, people will extrapolate from their own experience to conclude that all education is equally poor.
Source: grew up in the rural South, attending public school, surrounded by people who (correctly) viewed their education as nearly useless.