[lbo-talk] School Debate: Central Focus

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 15 10:30:37 PST 2012


On Feb 15, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Sean Andrews wrote:


> That was cavalier of me. my thought was, well if the
> goal of education is general social uplift, and education is as under
> attack as all other social institutions, maybe we're fighting a
> rear-guard battle: better to just fight for expropriation then divide
> the spoils into renewed social institutions if we ever win.

Seems to me that the attack on the schools is of a piece with the attack on the working class. In the old days, employers needed some sort of upskilling along with the discipline. Now, since the jobs of the future are mostly shit, they just want the discipline, cheaply.

Doug



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