The easiest solution which democrats categorically refuse is education vouchers given to parents, let them weed out the incompetent.
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That’s just not true anymore though. Upward social mobility in the US has been plummeting for years and is currently the worst in the first world. That’s not to say it’s impossible, but if you come from poverty/lower middle class the opportunity to improve that situation is definitely not easier than anywhere else.
The US has all sorts of points in its favour, and there are a lot of wonderful things about the country, but in current times the impoverished, no matter their desire to succeed are more likely to remain there than most other first world nations.
The US has all sorts of points in its favour, and there are a lot of wonderful things about the country, but in current times the impoverished, no matter their desire to succeed are more likely to remain there than most other first world nations.
Agree 100% with this. And amusingly enough this is a case where most of the evidence and studies supports voucher systems as improving educational quality and outcomes, especially in public schools, contrary to democrat handwringing. Even funnier is that the democrat claim of this leading to racial segregation has been directly refuted by most analyses of this and in most cases it has been shown to do the exact opposite. But woke gonna woke
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That group doesn’t help, but even on the whole, including amongst caucasians, upward social mobility is falling, and wealth disparity gap is getting worse and worse by the year.
In general though I don’t think opportunity for advancement is much different in any first world country. It’s just where that advancement comes in to play. US has probably better opportunities to move between middle/upper middle class/wealthy. Other countries have better opportunities to move from lower class into middle class and currently have a much stronger middle class than US through all demographics. The fault for this certainly lies with democrats on some points but also republicans on others. Or perhaps more so on their partisan divide and complete refusal to work together and compromise on anything. It would be nice if we could have some good old-fashioned centrist politicians bringing common sense back into play with regards to policies on how to work on this. There’s definitely a middle ground between outright welfare state and the American system thag can provide a lot of the benefits of both imo.
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That group doesn’t help, but even on the whole, including amongst caucasians, upward social mobility is falling, and wealth disparity gap is getting worse and worse by the year.
In general though I don’t think opportunity for advancement is much different in any first world country. It’s just where that advancement comes in to play. US has probably better opportunities to move between middle/upper middle class/wealthy. Other countries have better opportunities to move from lower class into middle class and currently have a much stronger middle class than US through all demographics. The fault for this certainly lies with democrats on some points but also republicans on others. Or perhaps more so on their partisan divide and complete refusal to work together and compromise on anything. It would be nice if we could have some good old-fashioned centrist politicians bringing common sense back into play with regards to policies on how to work on this. There’s definitely a middle ground between outright welfare state and the American system thag can provide a lot of the benefits of both imo.
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Humanity definitely hasn't changed. And you're right about total chaos. Will be interesting what they predict regarding global food supplies this year.
But I'm less confident on making an active citizenship decision purely based on paperwork. South Africa's constitution is only 25 years old and, IMO, seems to be built on an additional 250 years of social lessons and the legacy of more recent abuses than the U.S. constitution. On paper, it arguably looks more sound to me for a modern society. But in practice, South Africa is a great place to visit but living there??
As long as it includes the regional transportation infrastructure to get people to the schools they should choose... which gets us back to 1960s busing again. Crap neighborhoods generally have crap schools that are locally underfunded, and they beget crappier outcomes. Perhaps some of that could be addressed if schools would be funded through state taxes more than local property taxes.
But I'm less confident on making an active citizenship decision purely based on paperwork. South Africa's constitution is only 25 years old and, IMO, seems to be built on an additional 250 years of social lessons and the legacy of more recent abuses than the U.S. constitution. On paper, it arguably looks more sound to me for a modern society. But in practice, South Africa is a great place to visit but living there??
As long as it includes the regional transportation infrastructure to get people to the schools they should choose... which gets us back to 1960s busing again. Crap neighborhoods generally have crap schools that are locally underfunded, and they beget crappier outcomes. Perhaps some of that could be addressed if schools would be funded through state taxes more than local property taxes.
Agree on the first part, but i still believe with a clean slate you get much better roi in the states than anywhere else, you also get penalized more for wrong choices.
The paperwork is based the universal concept of freedom which does come with its own level of chaos, but personally i rather deal with the chaos of my choices than those of someone else.
As for schools, vouvhers are not the panacea buta start, and a great start at that.
The paperwork is based the universal concept of freedom which does come with its own level of chaos, but personally i rather deal with the chaos of my choices than those of someone else.
As for schools, vouvhers are not the panacea buta start, and a great start at that.
Probably because they have shitload of money and they can extend their playing time in the US. Every case is different. But the point is it’s very silly to extend this very limited and very privileged group to all EU residents. I can’t believe you even think of it as an example.
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PBS’ American Experience has a documentary on William Randolph Hearst, who was the inspiration for Charles Foster Kane. It’s pretty good.
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PBS’ American Experience has a documentary on William Randolph Hearst, who was the inspiration for Charles Foster Kane. It’s pretty good.
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This is a blatantly stupid statements. No country can be at the top of every industry. USA is at the top of some industries, among the best in many and a laggard in the rest.
Examples: chip development - the best, chip production not so much; automotive parts - Europe is far ahead; Civil aircraft and helicopters - second best after Europe; Military aircraft, drones and helicopters - at the top; Consumer electronics production - far behind China; Software - top; Automobiles -behind China and EU in numbers and value, in quality definitely behind EU, Japan and even South Korea; motorcycles - far behind EU and Japan; luxury goods - nowhere near EU; quality food - not even in top 10; junk food - top...
I can continue but this is enough...For now.
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Examples: chip development - the best, chip production not so much; automotive parts - Europe is far ahead; Civil aircraft and helicopters - second best after Europe; Military aircraft, drones and helicopters - at the top; Consumer electronics production - far behind China; Software - top; Automobiles -behind China and EU in numbers and value, in quality definitely behind EU, Japan and even South Korea; motorcycles - far behind EU and Japan; luxury goods - nowhere near EU; quality food - not even in top 10; junk food - top...
I can continue but this is enough...For now.
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Btw there’s another reason why a lot of young people with college education do well in the US: no student loan. Many countries have free or cheap college education programs, while attending college costs ~50k a year and student loans have interest rates of ~4%.
Parents do weird things here too make sure their kids can go to college and remain debt free. A guy I know bought 4 years worth of credit hours in Michigan State for his kids shortly after birth, which effectively became a forced pick for the kids. He would’ve lost all that money had they choose to go to a different school.
Parents do weird things here too make sure their kids can go to college and remain debt free. A guy I know bought 4 years worth of credit hours in Michigan State for his kids shortly after birth, which effectively became a forced pick for the kids. He would’ve lost all that money had they choose to go to a different school.
