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Carmen's avatar

Ah, but once upon a time there was a curriculum of required courses that helped to engender that broader understanding you reference, Phil. I agree that isolating one discipline from others dilutes the effectiveness of perspicacity and critical thinking that a liberal arts degree was/is supposed to confer.

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Phil Balla's avatar

Even worse, Carmen -- the billionaires feed this myopia.

In the same way Citizens United put the rich on steroids, Project 2025, and the end of the Chevron Precedent both aim to strip Americans of health, safety, and environmental regulators -- so the billionaires can freely stalk the land.

They don't want schools schooling anybody in ways to see fellow Americans.

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