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Meanwhile, the liberals are screeching unintelligibly about… tankies?
I take increasing amounts of pleasure in watching reality take a shit on liberal faces every single time.
Investing in education is the mark of a rising nation. Imposing lifelong debt for it is the mark of a falling one.
US is screwed. 4 years getting wrecked by Trump is best case scenario at this point, but if he has his way it’ll all be fixed up so people don’t have to vote anymore and then the country is really doomed.
Weird that I would feel safer with China as the superpower instead of a Trump America.
If the US is unable or unwilling to be a world leader, the EU must step up. China runs concentration camps and has a totalitarian government, not a good fit for the world, especially for anyone “different” from the regime.
EU is going fascist only slightly slower than the US and has been funding an actual genocide almost as hard. They will not be the world’s hope.
They’re just flexing on us at this point, aren’t they?
They don’t need to. What they’ve done with high speed rail in 15 years makes me want to cry. They built an entire national HSR network since the great recession. America is such a fallen empire.
That’s the power of Socialism at play, when Humanity flips the power of Capital over Humanity on its head and becomes the master of Capital, it can achieve great things. Massive infrastructure projects and rapid development are just one aspect of this process, and the US would do well to follow in the footsteps of the Socialist countries to produce along a common plan. The obstacle, of course, is revolution, but rather than being impossible or easy, the truth is that revolution is just hard work.
So tempted to go to beijing for my PhD
Why not go, It would be an experience but I imagine you would need to speak Chinese.
I would have to convince my partner
My main concern with going would be that I can’t keep my mouth shut about politics… And I don’t fancy getting in trouble abroad
I understand, I wish you well either way 🙏
Thank you, you too!
Educated people won’t stay obedient. That’s why reactionary powers historically avoid aiming for truly educated masses—they prefer a controlled education system that reinforces their ideology, not one that fosters critical thinking or revolutionary action.
China’s ambitious education plan seems to promise quality and accessibility, but we must ask: what kind of education will it promote? True education awakens class consciousness and challenges power structures, but education shaped by the state can become a tool for reinforcing conformity, obedience, and the status quo.
As Marxist theory teaches us, the ruling class controls not just the means of production but also the means of ideas. The flex here is not in building ‘education power,’ but in demonstrating the capacity to shape minds for the future workforce, ensuring stability within their system of production and governance. In this context, the plan isn’t just about making smarter citizens; it’s about making a more compliant society under the guise of progress.
What is the ruling class in the PRC? Very important question to answer if you think investing in education will weaken the PRC, not strengthen it.
What’s your argument? That they should implement the “American Way” - crush education and paywal it so only the elite can have it while the rest of the nation lives in ignorance?
Because if they end up with a highly educated, liberal population, mankind may actually have a chance to avoid extinction…
I’m not arguing. The American Way is already how the ruling class stifles the people
They can indoctrinate for a while, but education (as opposed to vocational training) inherently encourages critical thinking skills that make people progressively more resistant to the indoctrination.
