[lbo-talk] MH & DG on university

[// ravi]

On Feb 25, 2012, at 9:24 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> A reading room in prison is not worthless if some day I get out.
> I'd even go so far as to say that it's not worthless even if I don't get out.
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My guess is that the OP (to extend the term) meant that bit to counter the usual liberal belief that a college education will somehow make things better for all. The idea that if only we could get everyone a degree then all will be well, which can motivate calls for free college education.

	—ravi


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> Joanna
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> ----- Original Message -----
> On Feb 25, 2012, at 8:33 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
>> OK. And what's wrong with a reading room in prison? Or, more to the point, a library.
>> If I were in prison, I'd sure want one.
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> That’s the point yes? That you are still in prison. Not that a reading room in prison is worthless.
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> 	—ravi
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> The below is Doug:
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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> "Free college tuition under capitalism is like a reading room in a prison." - Malcolm Harris
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