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by heyoni 1992 days ago
No one swept up all of the power. It’s insane to say that just because democrats are in control. There’s an entire spectrum of opinions and differences within the party that is being set aside in order to fight for some common beliefs...like ending the war on drugs, the war on the female reproductive system, and the war on education.

There’s a baseline among progressives which, once reached, will create entirely new divisions, trust me.
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j8hn 1991 days ago
"The war on the female reproductive system". I realize you are referring to pro-choice. I'm curious why you chose to phrase it in this way.

What is the war on education?

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heyoni 1991 days ago
I'm not sure why I chose to phrase it that way. Probably because it's ongoing, multifaceted and victim to some very very dirty tactics. Also, we like "waging war" on things here rather than solve them.

Briefly, our education system in the US is one of the least well performing systems amongst modern states. It is also the least well funded systems with conservatives trying to practically hand it over to private schools.

Then you have public funding issues too numerous to list that contribute to the low quality of education including student loan debt being debt you cannot bankrupt your way out of, or cutting off funds to channels like PBS...

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j8hn 1991 days ago
Is the GOP platform to privatize schools? If it was, how is that a war on education?
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