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In reply to the discussion: Jeff Bezos wants to privatize schools and get rid of teachers unions. (Surprised, Amazon-lovers?) [View all]greatlaurel
(2,004 posts)It is almost like someone is paying them to say great things about Amazon on a regular basis or in the face of more bad news about their labor practices or their attacks on teachers, unions or other bastions of the American middle class.
The tech sector has sold about as many computers and other gadgets that people can afford or need. Replacements for broken gadgets just are not going to sell enough to maintain their bloated profit margins.The new software like Microsoft Windows 8 is not an improvement, but just an attempt to strong arm people into buying the so-called up grade. The industry knows the only way to keep making themselves richer is to start stealing from the public sector and the best way to do that is to force the privatization of public schools and universities. Kasich and Walker are already trying to dismantle the public university systems in their respective states. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are in full blown bribe mode to get the payoffs from the billionaires to privatize K-12 public schools. The billionaires little snowflakes will get quality educations with real live teachers, but all us proles will have to pay out the nose for privatized and computerized education for our kids. Just look at what is being done to Ohio's public schools to the benefit of the for profit charter schools here in Ohio. The charter schools do not even have to make sure the kids show up to get their money.
Great post ND-Dem. Keep posting the truth. We need posts like this to open people's eyes.