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Social systems in crisis often overcompensate with moves toward heightening control, which can result in fear-based reifications of the very institutions most in need of change. Educational institutions are particularly prone to being co-opted by political forces during geopolitical tensions (just consider the massive science and math reforms that followed as a direct result of the launch of Sputnik).
Education in a Time Between Worlds
Zachary Stein
In 1895, for example, France invaded Madagascar, disbanded the government of then–Queen Ranavalona III, and declared the country a French colony.
BernieSanderistas are trying to promote a fake idea of "Nordic Socialism".
Nordics are
1)Yuugely localists (see #Antifragile on communes); they empowered local lang [Danish, Norwegian, Swedish] & don't call them "dialects of Nordic".
2) Are NOT socialists [Soc. failed in 70s]
Tweets From Nassim Nicholas Taleb
@nntaleb on Twitter
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