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eftychia: Me in kilt and poofy shirt, facing away, playing acoustic guitar behind head (cyhmn)
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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2018-12-14

"If the United States right now in this moment decided that it wanted to invest in educating every child to an equal degree, making sure everybody had actual equal opportunity, then we would become one of the most powerful countries on the planet. We'd be able to reverse climate change. We would be able to do amazing things. Any country that genuinely harnesses its entire population and treats them all like people has nowhere to go but up." -- N.K. Jemisin, quoted in "N.K. Jemisin Is Trying to Keep the World From Ending" by Joshua Rivera, 2018-11-30, GQ

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posted by [personal profile] corylea at 01:36pm on 2018-12-14
The politicians don't actually WANT an educated populace, because it's a lot harder to mislead people who've actually learned to evaluate evidence, weigh probabilities, and THINK.

I wish a greater proportion of our elected officials actually cared more about the nation than about the next election, but few do.
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