What's the vibe among American conservatives?

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[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I mean, yes? Almost every problem that faces modern society can be attributed to a poorly educated populace.

-Lack of medical/scientist expertise? Have the government train them in mass instead of importing them (solves the immigration question)

-Inner city crime and drug trafficking? Warn children of the dangers of substance abuse, and reward them for staying in school, instead of dropping out and becoming drug dealers.

-The same can be said about teen pregnancy. In fact, studies back this. Brazil rolling out new High Schools has help saw a significant decline in teen pregnancy, which has a huge impact on cognitive intelligence and body health.

https://www.cgdev.org/blog/build-high-schools-reduce-teen-pregnancy-and-4-other-findings-global-education

And so forth. That's basically what Asian societies are and I thought the Alt-Right saw them as models?

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

Exactly, with the leadership of Jeb Bush and the support of Mexicans, Republican's could have solved our biggest problems by properly educating the the black and brown masses. But we blew all our tokens on Trump. I was disappointed when Jeb got beat out. I think we were all looking forward to another Bush presidency.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

IMO, the Bush's biggest faults were their neocon wars. Without the legacies of the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, I'm not sure what their real problem was?

It's also interesting that education was something Republicans did care about before they focused all their attention on the Middle East.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act

Bush was also a proponent of getting America back into Space, and even landing the first Men on Mars.

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/solarsystem/bush_vision.html

Either way, the Trump Presidency was also a disaster. Leaving office with more dead Americans than 9/11 isn't going to be looked at fondly by future generations. But he would retweet Pepe the frog images, so it was all worth it right? /s

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Some argue that Bush2 policies contributed to the 2008 financial collapse, patriot act, record number of mexican immigrants, temporary guest worker program for illegal aliens, domestic surveillance, failed hurricane Katrina response, TARP, liberal judicial appointments, Guntanamo bay. "Religion of peace". Other than that, he was a solid president.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In retrospect, those issues seem a lot more manageable today, then having to deal with the Democrats induced problems. For example, nothing about Bush's "religion of peace" comment meant America had to be go soft on Islam. Quite the opposite. The country had a disproportionate response when it was first attacked, leading to the other issues you mentioned (patriot act/gitmo etc).

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yup, like most politicians, he was talking out of both sides of his mouth.

[–]Pink 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Almost every problem that faces modern society can be attributed to a poorly educated populace.

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