Each person is in competition with other members of his age cohort. Higher paying jobs go to more accomplished people.
Yet the GOVERNMENT RUN education system instructs their students to be equally mediocre.
Since no one stands out, employers pay as little as possible for talent because mediocre skill levels are all that are available.
If students would realize they are in competition for their way of life, they would reject the exhortation to mediocrity.
But the lure of more "snow days" is irresistible.
That's not primarily why the working class is suffering.
Rather than have me make the case it's simpler if you watch this clip -- Batya Sargon interviewed by Steve Bannon. Very important, perhaps the best interview in the history of War Room, according to Citizen Free Press. Watch it and internalize it. It explains what's happening, and when you hear it you'll probably agree. Start at 8:00 for the most pertinent information answering to your observations, then go back and watch the entire 11:36 interview.
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