The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 6 days agoRemember to support your local librarylemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoLibraries and education are an investment even for a capitalist. The only beneficiaries of lacking both are religious slave states.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoFor oligarchy they are not, since economic development reduces the oligarch’s power, which is a thing relative to the total size of economy. Same with social power.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoIndeed, there have been studies that education is one of the highest RoI investments a country can make.
Libraries and education are an investment even for a capitalist. The only beneficiaries of lacking both are religious slave states.
For oligarchy they are not, since economic development reduces the oligarch’s power, which is a thing relative to the total size of economy. Same with social power.
Indeed, there have been studies that education is one of the highest RoI investments a country can make.