• captainlezbian
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    16 hours ago

    Yeah, hell modern universal public education was partly a result of the working class fighting like hell for it

    • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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      16 hours ago

      On the other hand, a lot of good ideas ended up getting co-opted to serve the State.

      I don’t think the IWW was planning on ahving kids learn the Pledge of Allegiance.

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      16 hours ago

      Modern universal public eduction has its roots in prussian model and the idea was very much to make effective and loyal workforce. Im not saying modern education has the same ulterior motivations, but things like standarized curricula and grading are coming from there.

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        IIRC the goal wasn’t to have a loyal workforce, but to have an army that isn’t dependent on a small number of elites.

        Basically “we won’t stop with the death of our officers, our soldiers can step up to the occasion”.