one of the things about US Americans that baffles me: the world is huge, yet so very few leave even their home state to see the country, nevermind seeing any other part of the world. our media rarely covers world news. why are we so insular?

@redenigma I honestly think part of it is the long term side effect of the powerful greed in our country. The rich keep getting richer and the scraps left makes it impossible for families to save for emergencies let alone vacations to other places. Combine that with chronic education under funding and a system that teaches kids to take tests instead of critical thinking and voila, insular people who don’t have the tools easily available to change their place or state of mind.

@StarlightEmber and it was, 100%, planned out to be that way, to control the populace easier...

@redenigma I’m incredibly grateful you’ve popped into my life here. I’m looking forward to future conversations

@StarlightEmber i graduated high school in 1972. we were getting too uppity for the Powers That Be. within 2 years, education was being dumbed down, creative art programs were being cut... civics stopped being taught in many areas. i watched all this happen, but no one would listen to me

@redenigma @StarlightEmber
This. Exactly this... I've been saying the same for years and i living it as it changed for those behind me...

Fekking math and science classes changing for change sake...

We sent men to the Moon with the intelligence of men and women who were taught in the public system and used slide rules...

But some Betsy Devos character see to it that education changed and here we are...