• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    19 days ago

    Thing is, basic economics is a high school subject, except:

    “Sir, when am I going to have to know how tariffs work in the real world?”

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        I don’t think mine even had it as an elective. We were too busy spending 2 years of history classes learning how nice the Pilgrims were to the natives. And this was in Massachusetts, which I believe ranks #1 in education in the US.

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          #1 in education.

          And also the only state in the country where every precinct voted for Harris.

          Surely that must be a coincidence, right?

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        19 days ago

        tariffs, trade wars, and their effects surely were covered, or at least touched on, in a history class or two.

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        19 days ago

        I was the idiot who though skipping school to partake in smoking weed was the better outcome of studying at school, although I do partially blame being bullied at school for me avoiding it.