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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
You're seriously asking me why i dont favor socialism?
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Hi M21,
No, not socialism per se.
I would not call investing heavily in education "socialism" but rather fancy it as "good public policy".
In general, there are three human pursuits where cost is essentially not an object: courtship, warmaking and education. In any of these fields, there is no practical limit to expense; the question of these endeavors is not "how much will it cost?" but "how much have you got?"
You can call it whatever you want but Qadaffi's initiative is a correct move IMO.
In the United States, there is no reason for such an investment in education as Qadaffi is making in his subjects' future because the current Administration has always pushed for importing skilled labor under H1 paperwork rather than developing an indigenous capability.
Many people are trapped in secondary education facilities from sea to shining sea across the fruited plains which rate not much more than live human storage facilities. What is tragic is many of those sitting there under law already know that when they are processed through these facilities and meet or exceed State mandated performance criteria, they will not be a marketable commodity in the face of the imports.
A good exercise in education is to observe how the people who determine public educational policy choose to educate their own children. Lots of interesting observation on how power is acquired and maintained.
Regards,
William