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I like your rebuttals so please dont take my brevity now as an insult. im just tired and busy so Im going to be short.

Originally Posted by jnwi View Post
Now that's just insane. You'd bankrupt the country and set up a very nice system for future brainwashing attempts.
I dont understand how you think the country would go bankrupt. I'm not saying the government should finance it all. Although it would be a good investment for any government. The more its citizens know, the more money they can make, the more taxes the gov't can collect. I think there are plenty of ways to reform/partially-privatize education that will simultaneously improve it and make it more efficient.

Originally Posted by jnwi View Post
But going back to what I said earlier, it's not just about intelligence. You need to be intelligent enough to understand the issues, yes, but you don't want to have to check the internet for corporate abuse every time you buy a coffee maker or a new brand of vegetables. (And who's going to enforce trademark law anyway?)

Today people don't even take the time to research complex products, such as computers, and that's something we might be able to work on in the education system.
Barcode Scanning Corporate Research App. Done. Scan the barcode of the product you want to buy and pull down ready information telling ypu everything you need to know. I already use my n900 to browse NewEgg and Amazon prices/reviews when I'm at Best Buy.

The point is that a well educated population will be less likely to do stupid things at all levels. Consumers will be less likely to do blatantly stupid things, corporate executives will be less likey to stupid greedy moves (because they really are stupid and will lose money more than they make it), and gov't officials will be less likely to engage in stupid attempts at brainwashing.