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groundloop

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3. Deceleration of technological progress is happening because education in the US sucks.

Reply to pat_k (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:24 AM

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We have fallen so far behind other countries in education that it's inevitable we're going to lose ground to the rest of the world. We cut funding from education (among other things) to give huge tax breaks to billionaires and pay for the worlds' largest military.

Money is all that matters to these bastards, to hell with our children and to hell with Mother Earth.

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Administration to Convene 'God Squad' With Power to Override Environmental Law [View all] cliffside Monday OP

This *God Squad* is not gonna protect God's beautiful earth. Got it Deuxcents Monday #1

It's Thiel. All Thiel. Regulation is the anti-Christ. pat_k Monday #2

Deceleration of technological progress is happening because education in the US sucks. groundloop Tuesday #3

I wish that Democrats had a big enough media system to point out the plain truth. love_katz Tuesday #4