Linda, the manipulators of the GOP use their world view to convince their minions to do their bidding and fill their coffers. I agree with you that Germany's economy post-WWI, aggravated by the depression made them vulnerable to Hitler, and that we have no such exculpatory excuses for the embrace of Trump and his influencers. My guess is…
Linda, the manipulators of the GOP use their world view to convince their minions to do their bidding and fill their coffers. I agree with you that Germany's economy post-WWI, aggravated by the depression made them vulnerable to Hitler, and that we have no such exculpatory excuses for the embrace of Trump and his influencers. My guess is that this country's racist tendencies, in addition to many people refusing to accept any information other than what they see in social media or conservative television, makes many susceptible to false narrative. I just hate paying the consequences for their ignorance.
Don’t forget that our public education system was attacked by the Kochs and their ilk years ago. We have lost teaching sources, thought and tolerance, and our universities have become job training centers. “Shop” is gone from high schools as is home economics, which puts US at the mercy of corporate power and Madison Avenue.
I'm well aware of the attempts to gut public schools. "Moderate" Gov. Brian Kemp here in Georgia just signed into law a new school voucher bill for "underperforming public schools," giving parents @ $7,500 annually to send their children to private schools - yet another instance of undermining public education, rather than giving much needed financial aid to public education. Why would his ilk be concerned with preparing young people with skills that everyone really can use, whether or not they choose a university education or a trade to make a living?
Linda, the manipulators of the GOP use their world view to convince their minions to do their bidding and fill their coffers. I agree with you that Germany's economy post-WWI, aggravated by the depression made them vulnerable to Hitler, and that we have no such exculpatory excuses for the embrace of Trump and his influencers. My guess is that this country's racist tendencies, in addition to many people refusing to accept any information other than what they see in social media or conservative television, makes many susceptible to false narrative. I just hate paying the consequences for their ignorance.
Don’t forget that our public education system was attacked by the Kochs and their ilk years ago. We have lost teaching sources, thought and tolerance, and our universities have become job training centers. “Shop” is gone from high schools as is home economics, which puts US at the mercy of corporate power and Madison Avenue.
I'm well aware of the attempts to gut public schools. "Moderate" Gov. Brian Kemp here in Georgia just signed into law a new school voucher bill for "underperforming public schools," giving parents @ $7,500 annually to send their children to private schools - yet another instance of undermining public education, rather than giving much needed financial aid to public education. Why would his ilk be concerned with preparing young people with skills that everyone really can use, whether or not they choose a university education or a trade to make a living?
Thank you for throwing in private schools. This is a reversion to 1954 , racist and divisive!
Yup - everything old is new again.
Nancy, I totally agree with you!