Prof Fails His Entire Class to Illustrate Obama's Socialism
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#3That's an interesting, though crude way to teach about the fallacies of Marxism, but what does Obama have to do with any of this?
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#4It's weird that a whole class agree on something like that (specialy in Texas!) but that's a interesting experiment.
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#6That's an interesting, though crude way to teach about the fallacies of Marxism, but what does Obama have to do with any of this?
I guess it's for getting more news coverage! #KeywordPlacing
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#7That's an interesting, though crude way to teach about the fallacies of Marxism, but what does Obama have to do with any of this?
Mostly a very common failure to understand the difference between socialism light (a mixed economy or modern welfare state), and real socialism (stalinism, fascism, communism). But then, seemingly not very many people grasp what capitalism is these days either. The counter side of this story are the people that think George W. Bush is / was a capitalist or small government proponent (har har).
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#8When you invent a story like this you can use it to "prove" anything you want.
Alternative ending: the smartest kids rally around those failing and hold after-school sessions to bring their grades up. In fact these group discussions help improve the understanding of the material for everyone, even those already doing well. The grades go through the roof, and at the end of the class the students climb on their desks for a rousing chorus of "oh captain my captain". Therefore Obama is great, or something.
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#9When you invent a story like this you can use it to "prove" anything you want. Alternative ending: the smartest kids rally around those failing and hold after-school sessions to bring their grades up. In fact these group discussions help improve the understanding of the material for everyone, even those already doing well. The grades go through the roof, and at the end of the class the students climb on their desks f…
The alternative ending is indeed more likely: http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/04/15/why-i-let-my-st...
(I note that while this is not the exact same scenario, it also depends on students cooperating to maximize what is effectively a shared grade.)
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#10That's an interesting, though crude way to teach about the fallacies of Marxism, but what does Obama have to do with any of this?
Mostly a very common failure to understand the difference between socialism light (a mixed economy or modern welfare state), and real socialism (stalinism, fascism, communism). But then, seemingly not very many people grasp what capitalism is these days either. The counter side of this story are the people that think George W. Bush is / was a capitalist or small government proponent (har har).
I don't think fascism is a type of socialism. I couldn't find the word fascism in the socialism Wiki page.