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Sat Sep 20 16:25:57 UTC 2014 <moriarty> bounce, but you had universities catering across the spectrum of students
Sat Sep 20 16:25:47 UTC 2014 <moriarty> bounce, well, not across the board
Sat Sep 20 16:25:33 UTC 2014 <moriarty> that sounds like singapore then, a social experiment in of itself
Sat Sep 20 16:25:16 UTC 2014 <moriarty> i see
Sat Sep 20 16:25:12 UTC 2014 <moriarty> and then a recent mass study conducted indicated social mobility did not happen despite more people than ever having university degrees
Sat Sep 20 16:24:53 UTC 2014 <moriarty> we had a lofty target of 50% tertiary literacy rates
Sat Sep 20 16:24:42 UTC 2014 <moriarty> it happened in the UK unfortunately
Sat Sep 20 16:24:35 UTC 2014 <moriarty> bounce has a point even though mircea_popescu's intentions are noble
Sat Sep 20 16:23:00 UTC 2014 <moriarty> a la free online education via the MIT initiative, OCW, noble though it is, vis-a-vis the good ol' paid education you get face-to-face
Sat Sep 20 16:22:35 UTC 2014 <moriarty> well, free education if mandated, sure, but it exists along a free market system that elitises education in a freemium sense :)
Sat Sep 20 16:21:34 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, inefficient, i know, but hey some countries do it
Sat Sep 20 16:21:25 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, to help the poverty stricken
Sat Sep 20 16:21:13 UTC 2014 <moriarty> public transportation is never a profitmaking venture
Sat Sep 20 16:21:02 UTC 2014 <moriarty> then of course we can get a little more creative and consider public transportation too, to be a form of welfare
Sat Sep 20 16:20:50 UTC 2014 <moriarty> bounce, fuel subsidies
Sat Sep 20 16:20:43 UTC 2014 <moriarty> bounce, food subsidies is another example
Sat Sep 20 16:20:31 UTC 2014 <moriarty> bounce, well, in the most direct form, but you can always indirectly do welfare, free education for instance, is one such example
Sat Sep 20 16:19:42 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, of course this ideal is currently impeded by what i consider to be a gross infraction on one of the basic human rights, that is the freedom of movement across borders, one trivialised by border control and such
Sat Sep 20 16:19:36 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> moriarty this is a nice theory anyone would subscribe to. both those who will and those who won't. after which, disaster of commons.
Sat Sep 20 16:18:58 UTC 2014 <moriarty> mircea_popescu, i see countries as clubs, that if you do not like the constitution or culture, then you are welcome to join something more to your inclination