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@TDanielIgo1 @WerderEdNFL @eric_j_thompson Cherish excellence

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@Randomdude50352 @TheActualMish @BriannaWu Yes, you can do that outside of college. But it's probably best if we don't leave the education of teenagers fresh out of high school up to the teenagers themselves. They probably won't be very good at it or won't do it at all, to the detriment of Western Civilization.

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@Randomdude50352 @TheActualMish @BriannaWu Sigh.

Yeah, we're having a dick measuring contest. That's definitely what's happening here. I'm arguing that the study of art music and literature is good for its own sake so I can get you and "win."

But you beat me because you have a master's. Anything else?

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@Randomdude50352 @TheActualMish @BriannaWu Yeah. It is. This is just a talking point. Internal, self-referrential logic.

Just go to a real campus. Talk to some actual teachers of humanities and the arts. Be in the world. What you're doing here isn't that.

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@Randomdude50352 @TheActualMish @BriannaWu Nothing you are saying connects to my experience of academia at all.

Honestly, you are literally arguing against education for it's own sake because of "socialism"? Or some weird, right-wing stereotype of college professors?

Come on, man. You seem smarter than that.

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@Randomdude50352 @TheActualMish @BriannaWu Jesus, dude. You are actually arguing against reading. It's fucking bizarre. Can you truly not understand the value of learning about art, music, philosophy, and literature?

What do you think life is for?

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@Randomdude50352 @TheActualMish @BriannaWu Yes, I know. Education is only to make money. Universities are bad because woke. Can't have book learnin' because commies.

Great stuff, guys. Not at all self-parody.

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@Randomdude50352 @TheActualMish @BriannaWu Wow. There are people who got an education who aren't using it to make money. This is a disaster! Imagine learning for its own sake! Truly, civilization is at an end.

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@TheActualMish @Randomdude50352 @BriannaWu Ha! "I'm not going to answer your question. I'm going to name drop and insult you."

No. I will not "sit down." The idea that the creation and appreciation of the arts does not advance human civilization is the essence of philistinism. Universities are not vocational schools.

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@TheActualMish @Randomdude50352 @BriannaWu Ah, yes. Art, music, drama, comedy, and all forms of literature — famously not advancing human civilization.

When was the last time you went a day without watching a movie, a tv show, or listening to music?

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@Luigi90Rinaldi @JoePostsStuff @reason You bet. Take care and have a super day.

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@MohammadsRadio @reason Or an economist.

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@Luigi90Rinaldi @JoePostsStuff @reason Ummm... Okay. It's just weird to see someone commenting on the feed of a libertarian publication, confidently incorrect about what libertarians believe.

https://t.co/KIewEHwLqA.

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@JoePostsStuff @Luigi90Rinaldi @reason Oh, yeah. That's my favorite. "I believe in small government. Also, the police should be able to beat and kill citizens with virtual impunity."

Yeah, a small government police state. Great job, guys.