-=> Arelor wrote to Gamgee <=-

 > The "leadership" out that way are all idiots.  Stupid idiots.
 >

 Ar> I don't think they are idiots. I think they know very wekll what
 Ar> they are doing.

 Ar> They have been raping education into nothingness in Spain since
 Ar> the 80s or so. Even college education was more tough than it used
 Ar> to be. I was lucky enough to be educated in an old-school college
 Ar> which was ran by dinosaurs who used education programs from the
 Ar> 70s - which means the programs were outdated but at least were
 Ar> the real thing.

 Ar> If you are a politician, you don't care for the long-term
 Ar> sustainability of the country. You only need to be cool enough in
 Ar> the eyes of your voters in order to get reelected. If you want to
 Ar> purchase parent's votes, an easy way to do it is to tell them
 Ar> their kids are going to have it easy to get to college if you are
 Ar> in office. Most parents want their kids to eventually hit high
 Ar> level education so they will roll happily with it.

 Ar> Also, today's parents are pussies and don't want their kids to be
 Ar> stressed by mennial things such as exams and the like and love
 Ar> blaming their kid's failures on somebody else. If their children
 Ar> are failing exams, it must be the system's fault rather than the
 Ar> children's. This makes it easy for politicians to sell them "You
 Ar> are right, we will adjust our system to reasonable standards if
 Ar> you vote me."

 Ar> Somebody I know maintains that they are actively trying to
 Ar> provide suboptimal education so people ends up ignorant and
 Ar> stupid, and thus manipulable.

 Ar> Long term, this means the country ends up cracking under its own
 Ar> weight, but by the time that happens, the politicians responsible
 Ar> will be long gone to their Peru mansions, enjoying Martinis and
 Ar> hookers while their motherland burns.


Great points, and all absolutely right.  Perhaps I should have said they 
are EVIL, because that kind of behavior is evil, personified.

Speaking for the USA, since I don't know the specifics in other 
countries regarding elections and how long one can serve - one of the 
obvious answers is TERM LIMITS.  That way the assholes can't work the 
system for decades, getting rich, and screwing people over.  The numbers 
can be debated, but something like 5-8 years is all one should be 
allowed to serve, and then go away.



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