[snitko]

Also, talking about information asymmetry. Isn't it ironic how most kids are educated in public schools? Surely no information asymmetry can come out of this, it is the democratically elected government after all that takes care of the children and what and how they learn.

In other words, government with its massive resources and near monopoly on many things like police force, law and education taking advantage of people? Not possible. A startup funded by Google? No question evil.

[hackinthebochs]

You're coming off as a little died-in-the-wool here.

[snitko]

I don't think calling names helps the argument. You can't just say "well, that's a little to extreme, so you're wrong". I simply pointed out that it happens so that most kids are educated in public schools. Would it be such a stretch to propose that those children are educated according to what government believes is important? Surely no one doubted this happened in the Soviet Union. How is the US, or for that matter, almost any other country different? Soviet children were taught to believe in communism, american children are taught to believe in democracy. Haven't you ever tried to question it at least a little bit? That maybe, only maybe, if something (and especially a political ideology) is taught in every public school as a universal good, it really may not be one?