Timeline for Why would a government passively encourage its people to not obtain a formal education?
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| Nov 12, 2016 at 23:56 | comment | added | nigel222 | This question describes the situation of women in much of the world today and in the west until not so very long ago. A woman's place was in the home raising children.... | |
| Nov 12, 2016 at 17:14 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Aug 18, 2016 at 21:55 | answer | added | Steve Mangiameli | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 10:39 | answer | added | Daniel Talis | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 2, 2016 at 19:15 | comment | added | fi12 | @MonicaCellio I read the blog post, it was a very interesting summary. Thanks for featuring my post! | |
| Jun 2, 2016 at 19:10 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | This question was featured on the Worldbuilding blog. | |
| May 29, 2016 at 3:01 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 26, 2016 at 14:25 | comment | added | Xandar The Zenon | Um, isn't the answer obvious? Governments, and their officials 75% of the time simply want power. Now, tell me if it is easier to control an uneducated idiot or a person with a degree in political or economic science. | |
| May 25, 2016 at 10:30 | answer | added | jobukkit | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 25, 2016 at 10:19 | comment | added | Nathan | Is something similar to the Great Leap Forward or even Year Zero happening. Universal schooling up to at least Primary level is necessary componant of an industrialised society, but perhaps your government aims to move in a more agrarian direction? | |
| May 25, 2016 at 0:46 | comment | added | Harry Johnston | If you happen to want a non-malicious rationale, check out Against Tulip Subsidies. | |
| May 25, 2016 at 0:26 | answer | added | Traveling Tech Guy | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 24, 2016 at 14:16 | comment | added | AndreiROM | How has this question not been closed as a pure "build my world for me" type of question? Opinion based at the very least, not even wordlbuilding at worst. What the heck, guys? | |
| May 24, 2016 at 14:15 | comment | added | user20882 | "Governments don't want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. That is against their interests. They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines, and to the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept it." George Carlin | |
| May 24, 2016 at 1:43 | comment | added | user15970 | Same reason the church did not want people to be able to read. Ignorant people are easier to manipulate. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 19:15 | answer | added | Quill | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 19:15 | answer | added | Andreas Hartmann | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 18:06 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | Actually there are long-standing historical examples in most countries of discouraging education among some groups/classes of people for reasons of cultural elitism (i.e., racism, sexism, "breeding", nobility, etc.). However, I cannot think of any examples of universally discouraging education, the powers that be always want their own children to be educated. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 16:47 | comment | added | Damon | Only $2,000? I wish school was actually that cheap... but back to the question, the reason could be very simple: They might be Muslims or Khmer Rouge. Educated people are bad because... well, they are educated. They are not that easy to oppress. Ever wondered why the Taliban targets schools? | |
| May 23, 2016 at 15:59 | answer | added | indigochild | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 15:43 | answer | added | coteyr | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 15:19 | answer | added | AndyD273 | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 15:02 | comment | added | Dunk | Being an island, they don't have enough illegal aliens crossing the border to do the manual labor requiring little education. So they have to make sure there's enough "worker-bees" from their own population to do those kinds of jobs. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 14:21 | answer | added | komodosp | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 12:50 | answer | added | user2617804 | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 11:51 | answer | added | Tonny | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 10:15 | comment | added | Stupid_Intern | In your world do they have internet ? If yes then everyone can be schooled atleast till primary education level. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 10:00 | answer | added | lzl | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 8:45 | comment | added | JBentley | All the examples you gave are for actively encouraging people to not obtain an education. Here's a definition of passive: "accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.". Examples of this would be not enforcing a curriculum, not funding education, not advertising it, etc. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 8:32 | comment | added | Christian | According to your math, you have a city where someone provides education for free and then the government comes and fine people for attending free education. That makes little sense. You likely get more than 30000$ in cost for the 12 year education if the government simply wouldn't fiance education. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 4:52 | comment | added | Pedro | Are you sure "fine" is the right word? It sounds like a punishment for committing a crime. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 4:14 | comment | added | Golden Cuy | To oppress and disenfranchise a minority? | |
| May 23, 2016 at 3:47 | comment | added | Salvador Dali | Is not this close to what we have now in real word? Are not people in many countries pay X usd per year to go to university? | |
| May 23, 2016 at 2:41 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | Well, how much is $2000 relative to income? I would pay that to send my kid to school. | |
| May 23, 2016 at 0:01 | answer | added | Readin | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 22, 2016 at 23:18 | answer | added | Mason Wheeler | timeline score: 16 | |
| May 22, 2016 at 23:15 | answer | added | user20787 | timeline score: 9 | |
| May 22, 2016 at 23:11 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 22, 2016 at 21:59 | answer | added | Monica Cellio | timeline score: 33 | |
| May 22, 2016 at 20:16 | answer | added | o.m. | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 22, 2016 at 19:51 | comment | added | JDługosz | See this answer. "trong showings are entirely attributable to huge leads among voters without a college degree" | |
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| May 22, 2016 at 19:19 | answer | added | Pavel Janicek | timeline score: 57 | |
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