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The Elite Overproduction Hypothesis
There’s another way to understand Just America, like the other three narratives, and that’s in terms of class. Why does so much of its work take place in human resources departments, reading lists, and awards ceremonies? In the summer of 2020 the protesters in the streets of New York were disproportionately white millennials with advanced degrees m
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Once you stop insisting that the only noble outcome for any and all children is to go to a top twenty university and join the ranks of our Brahmin class, we can dramatically broaden the purpose of school and our definitions of success. If you don’t do that, though, our neoliberal system is going to continue to try to use the meritocratic system as ... See more
Looking back, there were over 100,000 people in the 2010 census with bachelor's degrees who became janitors. And there were over 5000 with master's degrees who became janitors.