> but I wonder if the difference in Finland versus the US is that the concept of what a “good education” looks like is largely shared in Finland while there are very divergent and often times conflicting views of what “good education” looks like in different US communities.
Oh 100%, there are cultural differences here that are significant. And America is a far more diverse country than, essentially anywhere else in the world.
With that being said, I think a lot of our problems stem from the extreme segregation that is still with us today.
In reality, segregation legally ended, but we really didn't take efforts to "undo" the damages done by segregation and have kinda...let it become a compounding failure.
Our economic system, has an amazing marketing team. Low regulations, government steps out and only comes in to protect your property & your rights. But in reality it ignores that:
1. Society health depends on *everyone in society*. Society health is important. People suffering in your country is not something that anyone likes.
2. Okay, so people are suffering. We have a system where they can... well, try to better their lives. But is that actually the case?
3. Okay, fine, it's not actually the case. What *is* fundamentally broken then? What CAN we do to actually live up to the American dream?
These questions have really lead me down into the path of "I...don't think Capitalism is optimized for social health, but focused on individual health. And I think that's bad"
Oh 100%, there are cultural differences here that are significant. And America is a far more diverse country than, essentially anywhere else in the world.
With that being said, I think a lot of our problems stem from the extreme segregation that is still with us today.
In reality, segregation legally ended, but we really didn't take efforts to "undo" the damages done by segregation and have kinda...let it become a compounding failure.
Our economic system, has an amazing marketing team. Low regulations, government steps out and only comes in to protect your property & your rights. But in reality it ignores that:
1. Society health depends on *everyone in society*. Society health is important. People suffering in your country is not something that anyone likes.
2. Okay, so people are suffering. We have a system where they can... well, try to better their lives. But is that actually the case?
3. Okay, fine, it's not actually the case. What *is* fundamentally broken then? What CAN we do to actually live up to the American dream?
These questions have really lead me down into the path of "I...don't think Capitalism is optimized for social health, but focused on individual health. And I think that's bad"