Daevryn | Tue 18-Sep-07 11:19 PM |
Member since 13th Feb 2007
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#1484, "RE: How do you determine how many you need?"
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>It would seem many people agree that communism doesn't fit >human nature - why they feel compelled to break it up into >smaller pieces and force-feed it piece by piece re-instituting >the same problems but in a piecemeal fashion is beyond me.
Halfway measures and compromises, mostly. Pure communism doesn't work because people are lazy; pure capitalism doesn't work because people are greedy and because they can solve problems with violence. Just because pure communism is a dumb idea doesn't mean it has nothing to teach us.
That being said, I think a trend towards needs-based financial aid in general has the danger of turning into a tragedy of the commons. If I'm middle class and there's no financial aid, there are diminishing evolutionary returns to having more than a couple children because I can't educate or care for them as well. On the other hand, if all my kids have a reasonable chance to be fed and go to a decent school even if there are thirty of them, from an evolutionary perspective, it's to my advantage to have as many children as possible. Although I wouldn't personally make that choice and a lot of people wouldn't, that the environment encourages/permits it (if true... I don't know that there's actually that much aid out there now) will gradually breed humanity in that direction. Ultimately that's got to collapse under its own weight like a pasture with too many cows.
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Schools have to buy essential materials for their stude...
[View all] , Leprechaun, Fri 31-Aug-07 06:51 AM
RE: Schools have to buy essential materials for their s...,
Eskelian,
18-Sep-07 09:42 PM, #18
RE: Price and Materials,
Zesam,
08-Sep-07 02:55 PM, #12
Yep, that's exactly what it's about,
Leprechaun,
10-Sep-07 02:36 AM, #15
Why for kindergarten?,
vargal,
31-Aug-07 01:12 PM, #2
RE: Tuitions:,
Valguarnera,
31-Aug-07 01:37 PM, #3
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Isildur,
31-Aug-07 05:33 PM, #4
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Isildur,
31-Aug-07 05:36 PM, #5
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Eskelian,
18-Sep-07 09:49 PM, #20
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Valguarnera,
18-Sep-07 10:35 PM, #23
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Eskelian,
19-Sep-07 10:31 AM, #25
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Valguarnera,
19-Sep-07 05:53 PM, #28
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Eskelian,
19-Sep-07 07:52 PM, #29
Here's an interesting scenario...,
GinGa,
01-Sep-07 09:04 PM, #8
One possible solution,
DurNominator,
02-Sep-07 03:17 PM, #11
How do you determine how many you need?,
Leprechaun,
10-Sep-07 03:38 AM, #16
RE: How do you determine how many you need?,
DurNominator,
10-Sep-07 04:06 PM, #17
RE: How do you determine how many you need?,
Eskelian,
18-Sep-07 10:16 PM, #22
RE: How do you determine how many you need?,
Daevryn,
18-Sep-07 11:19 PM #24
RE: How do you determine how many you need?,
Eskelian,
19-Sep-07 10:37 AM, #26
RE: How do you determine how many you need?,
Eskelian,
18-Sep-07 10:11 PM, #21
RE: Why for kindergarten?,
Leprechaun,
02-Sep-07 01:55 PM, #9
RE: Why for kindergarten?,
Zesam,
08-Sep-07 03:41 PM, #13
RE: Why for kindergarten?,
Eskelian,
19-Sep-07 10:41 AM, #27
RE: Schools have to buy essential materials for their s...,
Isildur,
31-Aug-07 11:23 AM, #1
RE: Schools have to buy essential materials for their s...,
Bajula,
01-Sep-07 10:21 AM, #6
RE: Costs:,
Valguarnera,
01-Sep-07 11:43 AM, #7
RE: Costs:,
Isildur,
09-Sep-07 09:40 PM, #14
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Eskelian,
18-Sep-07 09:46 PM, #19
RE: Schools have to buy essential materials for their s...,
Leprechaun,
02-Sep-07 01:59 PM, #10
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