JA Westenbergso the plan is to defund schools, defund libraries, defund the arts, and then complain that people are stupid. just want to make sure I'm following the strategy
estelle@Daojoan see also: defund transit, complain the [train/bus] is slow, etc
UnknownTreeStump@estelle @Daojoan It is so disappointing to see such a large country move backwards. Nashville has been proposing a bigger intercity tram for a while and it is voted down every time for funding. Heck most big cities in the US at one point had elaborate city trams but the auto manufacturers ruined it through lobbying in the early days. Granted they probably still do but they wanted to sell us vehicles. I love my vehicle and I love working on it but I also enjoy my local city bus too.
@UnknownTreeStump @Daojoan it's the privatization playbook, corrupt officials defund public services while investing in whatever must take up the slack when the services they defund inevitably fail
in the case of schools though, you get the bonus benefit that the general public is now less prepared to understand what is happening to them!