Sculptor wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:08 pm
attofishpi wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:12 am
It's all rather simple.
Rich kids (like their parents) go to paid for private schools where their friendships and bonds are created.
Some of those kids head into politics, some of those kids head into private enterprise with the backing of lots of family capital, trusts.
The ones in politics, give a heads up to their mates in the private sector, and the ones in the private sector make BIG donations to ones in politics.
Scratchy backs all the way up to $$$$$, and the process repeats with their brat offspring.
(*who btw tend to be misogynist cunts that rape and sexually harass women that dare to 'infiltrate' their private boys club of party politics...because they feel entitled to do so)
Then there are kids who work hard to get an education and/or are genuinely talented.
Despite being more capable they tend not to do as well because all the right wing brats with their school ties like Boris.
Yes, higher education is full with people enthusiastic about their education with a view to better themselves and society in general. Unfortunately, most of the types of people that see politics as a future career goal tend to be those with big egos and self interest as their motivation.
Sculptor wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:08 pmOne reason I am proud to call myself a socialist.
Not sure if this constitutes a socialist style of operation, can't say I have ever studied or paid much attention to politics on the whole.
Recently an Australian canning (predominantly fruit) company - SPC - was close to having to close financial collapse and hence huge job losses. A friend of mine told me that they decided to make everyone shareholders of the company, and hey presto - the business is back to success. It makes sense, one can imagine employees contemplating ways to make the business more efficient - skilled workers from all facets of the business would be considering their own work routine and ways improve, and everyone would be open to discuss such things. It should be a standard model for all businesses.
As far as higher education goes where it comes to pursuits in the fields of science - what is the point in the US, where scientists appear to be sneered at and their value ignored, as if they have some conspiracy at play. It tends to be the right wing side of political support that have NO comprehension as to why we (society on the whole) encourage bright kids to get into science and progress to the point of becoming experts in a particular field, when at the end of the day, if these experts tell them something they don't want to hear (because they are going to have to make alterations to their lifestyle) they denounce them as if
they don't know what they're talking about!