Controversial Political Opinions

[JasonBlack]

Quote:If he is beating her or abusing the children, then divorce laws should $crew him royally! It is best that he be so broke that he lacks even the funds for dating a potential victim.

all this tells me is that, in such an instance, the husband is the party at fault, not that we shouldn't have no-fault divorce.

Quote:Back in the day I was able to listen to great music, watch foreign films, and read much that was not in my formal study. That made me much of what I am.

this is kinda what I'm getting at: educating yourself and becoming cultured are not things that require a university degree

Quote:But without a certain level of literacy, Shakespeare, Verdi, and Degas are completely out of reach. Kissing up to an exploitative boss so that one can keep earning a pittance and stave off starvation may take precedence over striking for better pay and conditions. Of course we have an economic and political order far more decrepit than we can excuse.
As for kids in disadvantaged communities... they need more rigorous education just so that they can do what it takes to eventually make a living. Bare literacy is no longer enough.

indeed, it hasn't been for awhile, and our schools were already out of date in preparing children for the real world when you were growing up. now we're hundreds of years behind. the entire thing needs to be rebuilt from top to bottom (maybe us "hero gen" peeps can get to work on that in the 1T. I would have a much higher opinion of my generation if that came to pass)