European states were mostly undisguised aristocracies until the end of WWI. Ancient Greece and Rome were profoundly unequal societies where rule by "the best and brightest" didn't allow for equality of opportunity -- no women, slaves or foreigners need apply. Aristotle believed certain people were "natural slaves." Nostalgia won't work. …
European states were mostly undisguised aristocracies until the end of WWI. Ancient Greece and Rome were profoundly unequal societies where rule by "the best and brightest" didn't allow for equality of opportunity -- no women, slaves or foreigners need apply. Aristotle believed certain people were "natural slaves." Nostalgia won't work. The only "meritocracy" worth talking about is the kind that will work within a modern democratic state in the 21st-century. The GI Bill worked wonders even if it didn't include everyone -- it allowed the bright sons of factory workers and farmers to get a real education. That was radical! Texas's top 10% rule is another good model. But the best solution is to properly fund our public universities so that anyone who wants to attend university can afford it -- this obsession with "merit" and the Ivy League is distorting our vision. Did you know that an 18-yr old could go to UC Berkeley back in the 1970s and pay for it with a summer job?
Take the good of a system and forgo inequality, their culture was successful until it became corrupted. Women we not allowed at war for obviously when survival of the fittest is the rule, but women became the power behind the throne,the slave could work to be a master. Social mobility in Rome and Greece was certainly possible but you have to be a citizen first and yes you could become a citizen by purchasing it or earning it and for us allegiance to the constitution
Bty I went to college in the 70s I paid 250 bucks a semester. No loans. But in 50 years of government subsidy tuition exploded at the same time most high Ed became a radical ideology indoctrination source. Excluding the white male as the target group (rules for radicals) and the white male became a minority in college. At the same time the white male moves the trades making 200k as a welder and the socialist worker with 4 year degree and 50 t0 75 k loans earns around 50 k a year now can we see the slave
European states were mostly undisguised aristocracies until the end of WWI. Ancient Greece and Rome were profoundly unequal societies where rule by "the best and brightest" didn't allow for equality of opportunity -- no women, slaves or foreigners need apply. Aristotle believed certain people were "natural slaves." Nostalgia won't work. The only "meritocracy" worth talking about is the kind that will work within a modern democratic state in the 21st-century. The GI Bill worked wonders even if it didn't include everyone -- it allowed the bright sons of factory workers and farmers to get a real education. That was radical! Texas's top 10% rule is another good model. But the best solution is to properly fund our public universities so that anyone who wants to attend university can afford it -- this obsession with "merit" and the Ivy League is distorting our vision. Did you know that an 18-yr old could go to UC Berkeley back in the 1970s and pay for it with a summer job?
Take the good of a system and forgo inequality, their culture was successful until it became corrupted. Women we not allowed at war for obviously when survival of the fittest is the rule, but women became the power behind the throne,the slave could work to be a master. Social mobility in Rome and Greece was certainly possible but you have to be a citizen first and yes you could become a citizen by purchasing it or earning it and for us allegiance to the constitution
Bty I went to college in the 70s I paid 250 bucks a semester. No loans. But in 50 years of government subsidy tuition exploded at the same time most high Ed became a radical ideology indoctrination source. Excluding the white male as the target group (rules for radicals) and the white male became a minority in college. At the same time the white male moves the trades making 200k as a welder and the socialist worker with 4 year degree and 50 t0 75 k loans earns around 50 k a year now can we see the slave