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	<title>Comments on: Decoupling Education &amp; Upward Mobility</title>
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	<description>Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal.</description>
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		<title>By: Daro</title>
		<link>http://www.republicoft.com/2008/03/26/decoupling-education-upward-mobility/comment-page-1/#comment-187119</link>
		<dc:creator>Daro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is going to be the first depression in a &quot;post-community&quot; environment. In the last depression we saw the rise of the psychopath as a functional and successful raw capitalist operator. They possessed a mental dysfunction that is perversely exceptionally functional for a lassaiz faire environment.

Carpetbaggers and independent, self-orientated &quot;strivers&quot; free from family and parental burdens went about the USA and the Globe grabbing what they could in the tumultuous times while community orientated folk stayed &quot;pinned down&quot;.

But their greater rise was limited because wherever they sniffed for lucrative openings, it was defended from naked exploitation by being built out of the blocks of many entrenched sub-communities. Freeloaders and opportunists attempting to freshly jump in and muscle into open opportunities were stymied by the suspicion and resentment of the existing local community who&#039;s priority concern was defending &quot;their own&quot;.

So many areas and industries deemed to be servicing common ground (The Commons) were defended by and large successfully. But now, after decades of psychopathic driven profit-motive, relentless, reflexive and dogmatic action means the once fundamental local communities, unions, fraternal clubs, amateur sporting associations, etc. have been either split up, sterilized or monetarized. In the coming storm of confusion there is no more &quot;community&quot; to stand in the way of The Rise Of The Machines and their &quot;Opportunistic Capitalism&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is going to be the first depression in a &#8220;post-community&#8221; environment. In the last depression we saw the rise of the psychopath as a functional and successful raw capitalist operator. They possessed a mental dysfunction that is perversely exceptionally functional for a lassaiz faire environment.</p>
<p>Carpetbaggers and independent, self-orientated &#8220;strivers&#8221; free from family and parental burdens went about the USA and the Globe grabbing what they could in the tumultuous times while community orientated folk stayed &#8220;pinned down&#8221;.</p>
<p>But their greater rise was limited because wherever they sniffed for lucrative openings, it was defended from naked exploitation by being built out of the blocks of many entrenched sub-communities. Freeloaders and opportunists attempting to freshly jump in and muscle into open opportunities were stymied by the suspicion and resentment of the existing local community who&#8217;s priority concern was defending &#8220;their own&#8221;.</p>
<p>So many areas and industries deemed to be servicing common ground (The Commons) were defended by and large successfully. But now, after decades of psychopathic driven profit-motive, relentless, reflexive and dogmatic action means the once fundamental local communities, unions, fraternal clubs, amateur sporting associations, etc. have been either split up, sterilized or monetarized. In the coming storm of confusion there is no more &#8220;community&#8221; to stand in the way of The Rise Of The Machines and their &#8220;Opportunistic Capitalism&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Recommended Reads through April 3rd at Faux Real</title>
		<link>http://www.republicoft.com/2008/03/26/decoupling-education-upward-mobility/comment-page-1/#comment-180551</link>
		<dc:creator>Recommended Reads through April 3rd at Faux Real</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The Republic of T. &#8211; Decoupling Education &amp; Upward Mobility &#8211; &#8220;For how many American families was this kind of job &acirc;€” a blue collar job with a livable wage and good benefits &acirc;€” a doorway to upward mobility, securing the education of their children, and ensuring they might do better economically than their parents? [...]</p>
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		<title>By: matthew slaughter</title>
		<link>http://www.republicoft.com/2008/03/26/decoupling-education-upward-mobility/comment-page-1/#comment-180429</link>
		<dc:creator>matthew slaughter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even if education is no longer a path to employment, people will still be better off with education, especially higher education. People may do it primarily *for* employment opportunities, but there are other benefits that remain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even if education is no longer a path to employment, people will still be better off with education, especially higher education. People may do it primarily *for* employment opportunities, but there are other benefits that remain.</p>
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