The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year.

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    6 hours ago

    “Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.” - George Carlin

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      the funny thing about this quote is that you can post it under anything mildly outrageous and tons of people will go “mhmmm yes that’s me the critical thinker” regardless of their actual mental faculties.