Hvorfra kommer den udbredte disrespekt i brede kredse i USA for alt, der kommer fra regeringen?

Der dyb uenighed i USA om det er en samfundsopgave at få alle med i uddannelsessystemet. Her er der en historisk forklaring:

"The history of the dominating US disrespect for government is analyzed in this article by Jeffrey D. Sachs: "Ending the Ronald Reagan lie" in The Boston Globe Juli 11, 2017"

"Our current political travails can be traced to Reagan. In his jovial way, Reagan would quip, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” With his sneering disrespect for government, Reagan ushered in nearly four decades of tax cuts, deregulation, and rising inequality that now threaten to devour our future. "

Sachs, som er professor på Harward, afslutter med denne optimist overvejelse: 

"My own belief? We will soon swing back to an era of grass-roots democracy, led especially by young people, in which public activism will trump big money in politics. Stay tuned."!"

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Dette blogindlæg supplerer afsnittet ”Anden uddybning: kampen for at få alle med”

 i mit kapitel i Hedegaard, E. (2017): "Uddannelsespolitik og globalisering - uddannelsesreformer i en usikker tidsalder"  

i bogen P. Ø Andersen & Tomas Ellegaard : "Klassisk og moderne pædagogisk teori". København: Hans Reitzels Forlag.

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