My mother was born in 1921 and I always believed she got a much better education in a small town in TN than I did in the 60s in Miami. We were very much “dumbed down”.
This is very easy to believe. In the rural poor district where I used to live, there was always a top student who got accepted to an Ivy league school and graduated. By the mid 80’s it didn’t happen anymore. Even valedictorians from that district need remedial teaching now.
That's how it is with socialism. There is always a gradual deterioration over the generations.
Please remember that government schools are socialism. They were **always** socialism from the first day they opened in the mid-1800s to early 1900s.
When nationalized health care comes it won't be that bad for awhile. Then the non-socialist trained doctors, nurses, and administrators will begin to retire and they will take with them their dedication to professionalism. The socialists will then have full control. In one to two generations all the health care workers will have had no acquaintance with the professionals who were non-socialist trained. Socialists will be training socialists.
In 50 years citizens will be saying, if we could only get rid of the health unions, if we could only get back to basics, if only we could have local control, if only we could have health vouchers or tax credits. Some hardy individuals will learn to “homecare” and find ways to privately obtain health care out of the country.
The goal and purpose of our modern socialist and collectivist government schools was to gain power over the people. Mark Steyn is correct. Getting control of health care is also about power.