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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by janalsncm on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:17PM (#36674341)
It really depends on what you mean by that. Plenty of people get bachelor’s degrees with little to no civics or history education included. And historically, college degrees were rare. Only 28% of the Silent Generation had any college. Now, 67% of Millennials do. Did democracy not function before?

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/02/14/millenn...

However, to the extent that education enables better income opportunities I agree. Education can reduce economic inequality which is a huge barrier to social cohesion and civic trust. However education isn’t the only path to better wealth distribution.

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Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198... by notTooFarGone on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:49AM (#36679142)
Democracy gets harder the more technologically advanced the world is. In the decades of newspapers and limited information it was much easier to control information, placing the burden of information flow on a limited set of journalists.

Now that burden is put on each and everyone of us with social media and other alternative media. People from the Silent Generation are drowning in todays information age.

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