This is America. We’re all in a zero sum, winner take all contest for wealth, status, and power. It’s every man for himself. It’s not just that people don’t want to pay for other kids to get a good education, it’s that they want their kids to have every advantage possible. They will openly admit as much. They don’t just want their kids to get a good education, they want their kids to get a better education than everyone else. Inequality is the goal. Inequality doesn’t happen by accident, it’s completely intentional. When life is a competition, everyone is an opponent. You don’t help your opponent, you try to gain every advantage possible.
It’s not zero sum - it’s just that rich fuckers steal so much value from the system that all we have are the scraps they leave behind.
Education is an example of a clearly value adding activity - the benefits of education far out weight the costs… it’s just selfish fucks funneling that money away into tax cuts and religious private schools that leave us feeling like it’s us vs. the world.
Don’t buy the neoliberal and neoconservative narratives. Your neighbors are your friends.
This is America. We’re all in a zero sum, winner take all contest for wealth, status, and power. It’s every man for himself. It’s not just that people don’t want to pay for other kids to get a good education, it’s that they want their kids to have every advantage possible. They will openly admit as much. They don’t just want their kids to get a good education, they want their kids to get a better education than everyone else. Inequality is the goal. Inequality doesn’t happen by accident, it’s completely intentional. When life is a competition, everyone is an opponent. You don’t help your opponent, you try to gain every advantage possible.
It’s not zero sum - it’s just that rich fuckers steal so much value from the system that all we have are the scraps they leave behind.
Education is an example of a clearly value adding activity - the benefits of education far out weight the costs… it’s just selfish fucks funneling that money away into tax cuts and religious private schools that leave us feeling like it’s us vs. the world.
Don’t buy the neoliberal and neoconservative narratives. Your neighbors are your friends.
That sounds zero sum to me.
But the other students and parents aren’t your opponents - it’s more efficient to work cooperatively to change local school boards.