I live in the one of the reddest parts of Arizona and out school here have pretty much went to shit for the very reasons stated here. The schools can’t get decent teachers and are importing Filipinos because the wages are so poor. Parents try to badger what decent teachers left to not teach science but instead the parent’s version of it, which has led to an exodus of decent teachers to other areas. The schools have been on a four day schedule for the last five years. The community had a tax increase a couple of years ago and what did they spend the money on? I thought it would go back to five days but all the increase went to sports and none to academics.

The government only wants you to be educated so much... Not too much that you actually understand the true unimportance of the propaganda It defends...

Most people understand that it is public schools that train our children to be serfs and private schools that train them to be part of the ruling class. A straightforward solution is to abolish public schools and use vouchers to let every child attend a private school. Currently we have food stamps, but not government run food markets. If government ran the food markets we would have widespread starvation in the USA. Government runs most schools so we have widespread ignorance.

To be kind of draconian about this:
AI & automation will wipe out most jobs in the next 50 years. So, why will "society/culture" need a vast human workforce? Maybe.... this is the population explosion "correction" taking place. Reduce the Earth's human population by 80%. Breed/clone/manipulate genetically for high intelligence and creativity. Rigorously hold to a zero population growth.

Absolutely everything is going to hell. The only reason it doesn't freak me out more than it does is because I don't have children and I think things will hold together, just barely, long enough to see me to the end of my life. How's that for nihilistic?

Okay, I take that back. I seriously love my nieces. What kind of world are we leaving them?