princelysum , 2 months ago

@easysociology @sociology @academicchatter @academicsunite Hmm no dign of investment in education for the poor though. Public education has been stripped right back

easysociology OP , 2 months ago

@princelysum @sociology @academicchatter @academicsunite

Mainly on the basis that its being, or has been, privatised (at least in the UK / US). Under neoliberalism, being poor is the fault of the poor and it is not up to the state to pay for their failure to get educated. That's the logic.

princelysum , 2 months ago

@easysociology @sociology @academicchatter @academicsunite Yes, pretty much the same here in Oz but since there is no profit in public ed the govt needs to do it. Otherwise you end up with people who vote for the trumpet

easysociology OP , 2 months ago

@princelysum @sociology @academicchatter @academicsunite

Yes, there is no profit because it has already been mostly pilfered from the privatised system leaving governments to step in. In the UK, many universities for example are on the brink of bankruptcy. Money is taken out or squandered on anything except students and education itself. The state then have to step in to 'protect the free market' of education.

figstick , 2 months ago

@easysociology @princelysum @sociology @academicchatter @academicsunite

We (🇺🇸) just close them entirely when that happens.