And you continue to ignore the fact that the variables that make people drop out are mostly rooted in the American culture (or some American sub-cultures), and therefore cannot be changed by altering the economic system.
And you continue to ignore the fact that the variables that make people drop out are mostly rooted in the American culture (or some American sub-cultures), and therefore cannot be changed by altering the economic system.
Hope is the denial of reality
nonsense, i'm not ignoring that, you areOriginally Posted by Loki
so tell me, how can we go about modifying american culture or those sub-cultures you mention in such a way as to reduce the number of people becoming poor due to dropping out of highschool??
If there was an easy solution, it would presumably be undertaken already.
Hope is the denial of reality
ah so we're only dealing with EASY solutions here!! didn't realise those were the rules of this game.
ah capitalism...
Pardon me for not thinking that brainwashing people into wanting to be identical to each other is a solution.
Hope is the denial of reality
you may be in the wrong thread, but brainwashing people into wanting to be identical to happy productive non-criminal members of society is probably an excellent solution!! perhaps you could bring about something akin to that by changing attitudes in society and developing better welfare (better for the US I mean, I guess that would be quite different from what might work in eg. Sweden or HOLLAND).
i am astonished though to see such caution from someone who has always believed that any aspect of human behaviour on all scales can be significantly modified by assigning monetary rewards and punishments!! are you no longer that man??
The most important message to take home from this thread is that you are only concerned with easy answers and easy solutions. Loki, I am disappoint
not surprise, just disappoint
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