Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

Mumia W wrote:
Abolish public education, and the private schools might just start
treating parents and students like crap.

And those schools would lose their students as their parents moved them to
more responsive schools. Non-issue.

Certainly, if a single company
came to dominate education the way Microsoft dominates software, parents
and students *would* be treated like crap.

Yes, this is accurate. And, oh mah gawd! You just described what's
happening now. Except substitute "single company" with "government."

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