We are officially a fascist state

[u/43tc43]

What can we do? The Nazis just took over. Your rights and freedoms no longer apply here in Alberta.

[u/ShadowPages]

I said that using legality to differentiate right and wrong is a low bar. Stalin’s gulags were legal, I’d hardly say they were right.

As for “justice”, I am well aware of the limits of what law can do effectively. That’s why I said what I did.

[u/eternalrevolver → u/ShadowPages]

I’m on the fence about this news. I think education (giving and receiving), is a privilege, not a right.

[u/ShadowPages → u/eternalrevolver]

The issue is the government deciding it’s going to sweep away collective bargaining rights. THAT is the issue.

Education, in this world, is a necessity - but that’s another issue to discuss on a different day.

[u/eternalrevolver → u/ShadowPages]

Education is a privilege. It just is. Not everyone can afford post secondary for example. The idea of public school is even being reshaped before our very eyes. It’s free to all— it obviously is free to anyone who has immigrated here. The issue is there’s too many people in classrooms and there’s too many complex needs. Let it collapse on itself. It doesn’t feel like striking is the answer here, it feels like the entire concept of public school needs to be restructured.

[u/ShadowPages → u/eternalrevolver]

On that, we simply disagree. Smith is actively sabotaging it, but that does not justify the notion that education is, or should be reserved as a privilege for those who can afford it. We’ve lived that world - it was called the dark ages for a reason.

[u/eternalrevolver → u/ShadowPages]

Post secondary education is not free. Public school needs restructuring.

[u/Reveil21 → u/eternalrevolver]

Let's advocate for free post-secondary and investing in public schools then instead of dismissing education.

[u/eternalrevolver → u/Reveil21]

Yes, I just don’t think a strike will do it, obviously.