Schools already taught about communism...as well as Marxism, fascism, Nazism, and all the other isms. This is just another dog-whistle. - And you aren't going to stop people from living how it suits them to live. (If we have less, we will be forced to commune more).
Perhaps they should teach the danger of democracy when lying becomes the favorite form for communicating...and you abandon the concept of no man is above the law.
It horrifying because this is not something that is even remotely necessary, important, or helpful in any fucking way whatsoever. I’d just laugh my ass off at the utter, miserable failure of our government at every fucking level to do good, until they forced me to vote or just skipped me over.
Plus, basic Civics, Elections & The Constitution. (And, how to read at the appropriate grade level. There are already too many have-nots in our classrooms.)
They want to warn kids about the dangers of a government that delivers healthcare, housing & education for the people. (Keep those expectations low guys, nobody will notice you ain’t doin 💩)
Congress in general (and the House in particular) has become a performance for the masses. Almost all of the actual legislators have retired, or will retire when their term comes up.
And this bill now probably goes to die in the Senate, never to be seen again because the Senate does have more important issues to solve than - whatever this is.
Of course. The totalitarian aspect of Communism, sure, but not the economics. But Communist countries still exist—China the biggest example. Not that I think there are schools teaching Communism as anything other than a historical fact.
They realize that teaching the dangers of communism would mean the GOP would have to allow for bad things to be said about their buddies the Russians, right?
I mean granted, they'll say that Putin isn't a communist, but boy he sure was a big part of it back in the day.
It's quite ironic, considering that Eastern European communist dictatorships used to mandate lessons in schools about the dangers of capitalism. So far the #gop has been adopting USSR policies and tactics to implement their authoritarian plans.
As the oligarchs prepare to rob the world to protect only themselves from the existential peril of climate change, it's imperative to maintain the distraction that only capitalism can ever save us and focusing on social good is somehow evil.
But by whose standards? The way MAGA throws the word around they clearly don't know that Democracy (a dirty word to most of them) and that DemoCRATS are not communists. SMH
Well this is important because of all the countries in the World that are actually communist instead of just vaguely having the word communist in their description.
If they do remove the DOE, the biggest issue will be funding for special education and low income schools. Everything else…a show. As it is now. There are no national safeguards or mandatory standards for teachers and virtually none for instruction. It all rests at state and local levels.
That is waaaaaaay not the biggest issue! The removal of Federal funding for education will cause many states to provide zero funding for countless schools likely causing them to close. In poorer states much of the public schools only exist because of that funding.
I strongly disagree. The House has consistently failed to address pressing issues and prioritized partisan politics over the well-being of the American people.
Good thing I had no knowledge of Marx and leftist theory until after high school and through my own intellectual curiosity lead by our systems inability to address the material woes I saw around me... do they think the Russian peasantry had a deep understanding of Marx before the October revolution?
oh ... my ... GAWD ... the red menace has returned from the dustbin of historic Cold War paranoia ... BE AFRAID ... RUN IN CIRCLES SCREAMING, SHOUTING, THE ROOSKIES ARE COMING... !!!
I was afraid to look in the event Magas were stopping any discussion of putin or communism. Given the apparent influence in trump’s cabinet members it wouldn’t surpise me.
When we were taught about communism here in Australia and how it's meant to work, I also learnt about Democracy and different forms eg Republican, Monarchy, along with Dictatorships.
The gop controlled house is voting on a national bill about teaching something in public school while they plan on eliminating the national body that enforces laws about teaching in public schools? I guess this is where we are now.
Have you seen the MAGA morons wearing the "I'd rather live in Russia than vote for a Democrat shirts? Or seen Tucker Carlson doing videos of him in a Russian supermarket praising Putin in interviews? Apparently the dangers of communism need to be taught in school because Fox brainwashes these fools.
An anti-suffrage ad from 1915 mentions socialists in the exact same way they still use them today. In fact, precious little has changed except that Mormons are occasionally called upon as allies by the conservatives (temporary, assuredly).
Waste of money but they are the fiscally conservative! What a fucking joke. Dems need to start calling out the tax payers wasted dollars on their made up bullshit.
Communism, Fuher trump and his comrades will resist but they will become the teaching of fascism and to silence truth in history, science, and religion.
It makes no sense that they can vote on "single-issue" bills like this, but when it comes to ACTUALLY IMPORTANT issues, they tack on 341 separate unrelated amendments and delay, delay delay, misinform, 11th hour changes, distractions...
And then finally 3 years later, Oh look it failed...
Neither does fascism, yet here we are; on the brink of a totalitarian regime trying to validate its existence through this propagandist one sided viewpoint they want to bring into schools. It’s like the Hitler Youth all over again.
Yes, fascism should be taught too. So instead of complaining of them teaching the dangers of communism, you should say they should teach the dangers of fascism TOO!
All dogma should be taught, along with critical thinking skills to deconstruct and evaluate them but this specific bill is targeting one specific thing with the agenda of furthering the cause of oligarchy. By demonizing one, you inherently validate its opposite, that’s the end game here.
Well I'm a capitalist/socialist. I want nothing to do with communism or any of it's branches and tentacles. Everyone's money belongs to them no matter how greedy they are. Greed built every post industrial society, it just needs to be regulated so nobody gets exploited. That's all.
yah...our Dems are total idiots...and i am lifelong Dem. I can't stand them anymore. Never voting duopoly again. Harris would have provided good leadership, and that would have helped them...now, they're just herd followers of the GOP. Clutching pearls and doing nothing but enable fascist takeover.
I assume that, since this bill involves teaching and schools, the Department of Education is necessarily involved. Funny how the GOP is voting to use the department that they promise to eradicate.
Really? Our public schools are literally under attack by GOP Statehouses. Vouchers shifting public funds to private economically segregated schools. Ten Commandments in every schoolroom. Trump bibles for every teacher. Christian curriculum. Revisionist history. The list goes on. Help here!
Pictured: Former President saluting a communist general before he announced he convinced communist leader to decommission weapons, but was proven not to.
I wonder if the Soviet/Russian collapse to totalitarian oligarchy is still part of the cautionary tale, or is it just focused on the horrors of naively idealistic, bearded intellectuals?
democrats being more worried about communism than fascism is all you need to know about the democratic party. democrats are not going to fight fascism.
Keep them dumber easy to rule says so much about their own base. I miss when billionaires & Russian rulers didn’t buy elections. #Recount2024 #Revolution
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They're clearly not being used for anything useful.
And the danger of fascism and money in politics.
How about learning that dictators and oligarchs are not your friends.
I mean granted, they'll say that Putin isn't a communist, but boy he sure was a big part of it back in the day.
Absolute classic.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lcnif2nvjs23
Can be bothered to perform political theater about the "dangers of communism."
These are our elected officials.
DON'T
End Course
Let me count them.
Hmm, Zero.
Who’s going to tell them?! We’re not communists, you’re communists.
Pure performance art!
Hell, it should be drilled into children’s brains.
Celtic legend.
And then finally 3 years later, Oh look it failed...
Got it.
Gabbard attend classes. 🙄
Pictured: Former President saluting a communist general before he announced he convinced communist leader to decommission weapons, but was proven not to.
If, that is, you are a person who works for a living.
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