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This is personal for me. "Reforms" that vampires like this have pushed on public schools for decades have done cumulative damage and now they're proposing total privatization as a solution to the damage they're doing. Also, epstein was one of the primary lobbyists for these "reforms" back in the day, and it shows.

They want to screw children in more ways than one. libertarian-alert

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[–] zephyreks@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, because the rest of the world has such good education scores because of privatization.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s not just about privatization/vouchers/chartees, it’s also about “states rights” to turn their history and social studies curriculum into a full blown Christian Dominionist brainwashing.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Unless you're texas. Then youre doing it to "lower property taxes." ;)

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also, https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/120f40d3-ae57-47b3-8d80-978bcdfbbfda.png was one of the primary lobbyists for these "reforms" back in the day, and it shows.

Really? I want a source on that, actually... because the media doesn't cover that part of it much...

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is hard to find more about it now, probably on purpose, but there's a lot more to it, especially his buddy-buddy ties with Bill Gates who had a lot of direct hand in wrecking public education in the US.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-dalton-teacher.html

https://www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-timeline-friendship-relationship-1590004

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/jeffrey-epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher-turned-tycoon

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I am Emoji Man, who was this?

Your most arriere grandpere...