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ancianita

(36,023 posts)
30. I hear you.
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 01:58 PM
Sep 2020

That's when you divide 48.2 million degrees with the total population (330,000, 000) and you get only 25%. But since these college degree figures are from the last Census (2010), I'd conservatively throw in a 5% increase if I exclude the US's 74 million under age 18.

Granted, (since new Census figures aren't out yet) that makes an estimated 50.6 million Americans with 4-year degrees or higher, which is 15% of the full population.

Figuring in another 36 million have some college, we could liberally say that 86.6 million Americans are "college educated," which dilutes the quality but increases the number of Americans with college "exposure." Which then is 26% of the full population (300,000,000 est).

Not good. Not good by design. We've been fucked from the founding.

Which is one of the reasons I don't hold those ignorant of the Holocaust fully responsible, since we were all born into these systems of exclusion at all levels, and have had to both figure them out and cope with them.

Fascists won't ever help the immiserated poor get ahead, or know their systems, but will just beat Americans down, then point to some individuals for them to blame.

Who are the fascists in control of higher education? We can dig into that. I bet Bernie's people have a whole long list.

The dangers and horrors of Fascism have become too distant in our history. Thomas Hurt Sep 2020 #1
Just in time for fascism to make it's comeback. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #42
Hard & scary to believe this. We all studied this in school, a lot, and i went to school in NE FL. lark Sep 2020 #2
Once they buried civics and stopped teaching US History bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #3
The "how many killed" question had 6 possible answers plus 'not sure' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #4
Thanks for the info. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #6
the price we pay for home schooling , private schooling and the desired outcome of creating beachbumbob Sep 2020 #5
THIS is how republicans stay in control. not_the_one Sep 2020 #25
I disagree, GOP stays in control becasue their people vote in a much higher percentage beachbumbob Sep 2020 #34
Oh bullshit. EllieBC Sep 2020 #41
This is surprising how? lonely bird Sep 2020 #7
I find it surprising PatSeg Sep 2020 #12
Thank you! Movies, TV, books. betsuni Sep 2020 #27
One should be able to trip over information PatSeg Sep 2020 #40
I Ingersollman Sep 2020 #8
History is one of those subjects that is fraught with danger melm00se Sep 2020 #9
Very disturbing. The dumbing down of America. Wasn't that way when I attended public school. At all. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #10
Me either, but having dealt with young people for the past 30 years I can tell you redstatebluegirl Sep 2020 #11
12 years ago I taught some college kids a lit course. Igel Sep 2020 #45
....... Hotler Sep 2020 #13
Schindler's List should be required viewing in COLGATE4 Sep 2020 #14
No, no frazzled Sep 2020 #16
when I was in junior high it was required viewing Javaman Sep 2020 #15
It is even more likely qwlauren35 Sep 2020 #17
That's "to the Americas." Igel Sep 2020 #46
We had to bring a signed form back to the school CountAllVotes Sep 2020 #18
Only 9 states require Holocaust instruction by law. Only 5 of the 9 include "shall" in their law. ancianita Sep 2020 #19
psst - only 34% of Americans have a college degree melm00se Sep 2020 #20
Oh, those? From VOA news? okay. My figures are from the US Census. ancianita Sep 2020 #21
OK, primary sources it is melm00se Sep 2020 #31
I'm forced to download your source to look it over. But notice that it's a report for 2019. ancianita Sep 2020 #37
A few comments then feel free to block me melm00se Sep 2020 #44
I hear you. ancianita Sep 2020 #47
OOPS. I just now reread my post. MY BAD. I meant the opposite and will edit it to show what I ancianita Sep 2020 #48
As you notice, 95% of reports only include percentages. Percentages of what populations, right? ancianita Sep 2020 #23
I don't think there's ever been a time when 80% of Americans had four-year degrees. llmart Sep 2020 #28
I hear you. ancianita Sep 2020 #30
Shameful. sinkingfeeling Sep 2020 #22
I no longer assume that my young coworkers... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #24
Social Media is full of Antisemitic Trash JI7 Sep 2020 #26
Witness: Behind the Aegis Sep 2020 #33
I'm a baby boomer. We all grew up with it in school history classes. And in my day we demigoddess Sep 2020 #29
This isn't really all that surprising to me. Behind the Aegis Sep 2020 #32
This action in No. Calif. is horrible, should be appalachiablue Sep 2020 #35
I posted it in GD. Behind the Aegis Sep 2020 #36
Great, glad you posted. Some of the reports I posted appalachiablue Sep 2020 #38
Sure it's bad news. But The Guardian does its ally no service in revealing its study to America ancianita Sep 2020 #39
Commonly cited reasons: Fewer schools now are required appalachiablue Sep 2020 #49
Thanks. The outlook on education improvement isn't good. ancianita Sep 2020 #52
I don't remember how WWII was taught in the 80s. Politicub Sep 2020 #43
After reading the result in detail Steelrolled Sep 2020 #50
"Schindler's List" CTyankee Sep 2020 #51
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