The Campaign to Privatize the World
One of the biggest con games going on at the moment is the
sustained attack on the U.S. public school system. It’s being
perpetrated by predatory entrepreneurs (disguised as “concerned
citizens” and “education reformers”) hoping to persuade the parents of
school-age children that the only way their kids are going to get a
decent education is by paying for something that they can already get
for free. You might say it’s the same marketing campaign that launched
bottled water.
The profit impulse fueling this drive is understandable. All it takes
is a cursory look at the economic landscape to see why these speculators
are drooling at the prospect of privatizing education. Millions of
students pulling up stakes, bailing out of the public school system, and
enrolling in private or charter schools? Are you kidding? Just think
of the money that would generate.
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