▲ 1144 ▼ RIP America (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (5 children) Turning the US into Russia 2.0 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago As an outsider, I honestly and sincerely invite anyone to explain how any of what’s going on in the US today isn’t as American as apple pie and school shootings? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) America is still slightly ahead of Russia there, due to the legacy of the USSR. Not that Russia's billionaires aren't doing their best to privatize education and keep it out of reach of the peasantry since the fall of communism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) the oligarchs of russia sends thier children to elite or standard western colleges, russian is a shithole even for them for education. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago Yeah, and a lot of the 56% college grad rate is boomers who were educated before the fall and are now dying off. We will see it drop precipitously in the next 20 years or so, and the quality of the education of the newly graduated decline. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today -1 points 1 year ago Russia is actually significantly better to live in than America, and it is a total shithole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago As an outsider, I honestly and sincerely invite anyone to explain how any of what’s going on in the US today isn’t as American as apple pie and school shootings? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) America is still slightly ahead of Russia there, due to the legacy of the USSR. Not that Russia's billionaires aren't doing their best to privatize education and keep it out of reach of the peasantry since the fall of communism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) the oligarchs of russia sends thier children to elite or standard western colleges, russian is a shithole even for them for education. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago Yeah, and a lot of the 56% college grad rate is boomers who were educated before the fall and are now dying off. We will see it drop precipitously in the next 20 years or so, and the quality of the education of the newly graduated decline. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) the oligarchs of russia sends thier children to elite or standard western colleges, russian is a shithole even for them for education. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago Yeah, and a lot of the 56% college grad rate is boomers who were educated before the fall and are now dying off. We will see it drop precipitously in the next 20 years or so, and the quality of the education of the newly graduated decline. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago Yeah, and a lot of the 56% college grad rate is boomers who were educated before the fall and are now dying off. We will see it drop precipitously in the next 20 years or so, and the quality of the education of the newly graduated decline. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today -1 points 1 year ago Russia is actually significantly better to live in than America, and it is a total shithole. permalink fedilink source parent
