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When I was a kid in the 80s, "computers will teach your kids in school" was one of those future utopia predictions. Now the thought of a computer teaching kids is horrifying to me. (lemmy.world)
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It was right there with flying cars and domed cities on the moon. That was part of the whole Disneyworld/OMNI Magazine promise about life in the year 2000.

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[โ€“] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I disagree... If they eliminate schools then mother's would have to stay home with the kids. That would mean less current wage slaves.

Plus then the family would control what the kids are taught instead of the kids learning what they want them to learn.

[โ€“] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

We have more people than are necessary anyway. With the combined effects of both globalization and automation, more and more jobs - even middle-class ones such as (low-level) "lawyer" and "manager" - are becoming superfluous.

So I think at this point that the wealthy wouldn't mind, and based on what e.g. JD Vance is currently saying even outright prefer, to have the mother stay home and take care of the children. While in turn they pay the man lower wages, and possibly also pay in "company scrip", where both healthcare and potentially even housing (and perhaps starting to add in things like food) could all be tied to the job.

And I am not sure that they care what the children actually learn. Although "they" control e.g. FaceBook, X, Threads, etc., and books that are less trackable are already starting to be literally and physically and actually burned, so they already control what they learn.