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The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous "Educated Proletariat” (theintercept.com)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Interesting though the article is from 2022. Germany has free education and a resurgent far right, so IDK what effect the educatioin there has had.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

It's a result of growing inequality. Check out Gary's economics on YouTube. We need to tax wealth, not work.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

All of Europe has a resurgent far-right. And in many countries it's currently at ~20%, compared to 50% in the US. So there's one big difference.

In other countries the far-right is already governing the country, fully (Italy, Hungary) or partly, unlike in Germany (dodged a bullet this time but let's not get complacent).

There's also other aspects besides education that lead to far-right voting, like unemployment and general Strukturschwäche, i.e. lack of all kinds of infrastructure, prevalent in the Eastern part of Germany. Where most AfD voters come from.

And - though by no means comparable to the US - many European countries do have a problem with education.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 hours ago

I don't think the US is anywhere near 50% far right, despite electing Trump They were sick of the existing establishment and threw it out. That is, they voted on rebel vs establishment lines, without much regard to left vs right, if that makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Counterpoint: US doesn't have free education but far right pop up like a mushroom anyway.