The Real Reason They’re AGAINST Free College, FOR White People
So we’ve talked about this New York times
poll that shows that in some key battleground States, Donald Trump is doing way better against
Elizabeth Warren than against Joe Biden or then against Bernie Sanders. And that’s all great and we’ve already had
a discussion about that, but there is another storyline buried in the polling and it is
about education and it is about race and it exposes so much of what we’ve been saying
for the last several years. There are a whole bunch of ways that we can
slice up the polling data for Donald Trump versus his opponents. We can look by age group, we can look by income. We can look at all sorts of things, but take
a look at this. We’re putting up data on the screen, which
shows that Donald Trump is absolutely destroying Biden, Bernie and Warren among voters who
were white without a college education. Okay. Trump won in 2016 over Hillary, Hillary
by 26 over a among voters who are white and lack of college education. Trump is leading Biden and Bernie by 24 points
each. Right now among white voters who didn’t go
to college, Trump has crushing Warren by even more by 26 among white voters without a college
degree. This is why Republicans don’t want tuition
free college. They know the numbers. This is why Republicans aren’t actually doing
anything to improve the circumstances for minority voters because they are so overwhelmingly
not with them, that it probably feels like a worthless investment of time, resources,
and money. This is not rocket science. Now, race is a component in the sense that
black voters, Hispanic voters, other voters, presumably other includes maybe biracial,
Asian, native American, Trump gets destroyed in every single one of those races. Uh, among those demographic groups against
Biden, Bernie and Warren. But when you look at white voters with a college
degree, Trump lost in 2016 to Hillary among that group. And Trump is losing to Biden, Bernie and Warren
right now. So there is a party that benefits drastically
from keeping people uneducated. What do you think their policy is going to
be to education? Don’t teach critical thinking in middle school
and high school. Don’t make it easier or more affordable for
people to go to college. Don’t do tuition free. College don’t provide student loan relief. And that is exactly what they’re doing. Now there’s an analogy here to voter turnout. Republicans do better when they suppress voter
turnout in elections. So what policies do they want? They want to remove people from voter rolls. They want to increase ID requirements. They want to prevent people from being allowed
to register on the same day of the election. It’s totally transparent. If you’re attention, which we have been, I
was thinking, uh, there’s this idea of 1984 versus brave new world. These are two really important dystopian novels. 1984 of course by George Orwell, brave new
world by Aldous Huxley. It’s very common that people will compare
or lichen what’s happening right now. It’s a 1984 but the late Neil postman wrote
that very often when people say something is like 1984 there’s a better analogy to brave
new world by Aldous Huxley and I believe that that’s what we’re seeing right now. And I’ll give you an example or well feared
or painted a picture of books being banned. Aldous Huxley feared that there would be no
reason to ban books. And that’s the case right now because you
have an entire political movement, the American right-wing movement built around people who
have no real interest in thinking or in books or in reading or education or epistemology
or critical thinking. They don’t need to ban the books because the
people that they’re appealing to aren’t reading any books. Uh, and like Neil postman said or well feared
that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared that the truth would be drowned
out in a sea of irrelevance or well feared. We would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture. I believe that what we are seeing right now
is much more along the lines of the picture painted by Aldous Huxley in brave new world
in this particular sense then by George Orwell in 1984. It is really scary stuff and you need only
look at the numbers to understand where the policy comes from that we are seeing among
the modern Republican party. Disgusting. But somehow we’ve got to fight it and 2020
and that election is just the very small first step. It’s an important first step. But it is a comparatively small one. Given what we’re up against.
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It's a useful distinction, but Orwell and 1984 aren't ideal examples on the repressed thinking side of it. The Party there did plenty of work to make thinking not simply repressed but not of interest, with lots of distractions and encouragement of the dullest sorts of mental activity among the lower classes especially.
My high school teacher told me you cannot teach critical thinking in school, my teacher even gave me a surprised and almost angered response and facial reaction by him.
So… how would things be if the right to vote were linked to having a degree? That way those that vote should possess the ability to critically think and be secure in reality and facts to see their way through shallow manipulations.
Of course the next thought that comes to mind for me is that if such a thing were to become true then Republicans would drastically lower the requirements so that you might as well give away degrees with every 6-pack but on the flip side it could also be pushed up to the point where only the elite and gifted could vote.
This was enlightening. Thank you
Free? There is no such thing. Sorry to say, but you're a moron.
Republicans trying to destroy education in my state for a decade guess my state
The priest spoke to the lord: "You keep them poor, I'll keep them dumb."
Yes! College should be free, watch “Where to invade next”.
He fucking said "I love the uneducated". Gave away the game.
Watch the movie “Idocracy”
Is anyone surprised the the Republican party needs people to be stupid?
It's funny how college education has become more expensive with more government intervention in the sector. I'm sure that's just a coincidence, though.
Trump loves the poorly educated.
"I love the uneducated" ~ Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign
I disagree with free college not because I dont actually want it to be free, but because college is WAY too overprescribed to students in high school. It is overemphasized in high school that the only way to be successful is to go to college and we are lacking people with the skills gained in trade schools and other sorts of fields. If we make college free, we NEED to deemphasize college so that so many students aren't led the wrong way. I do eventually want free college but enrollment needs to diminish by at least 10-20% then we could make it free so that the influx of students don't overwhelm the system again with students graduating with no job (in their field) in sight. Also, introduce and have classes or a dedicated class to critical thinking in high school so that people leave with it without needing to go to college.
I will be able to easily pay for my children to go to college, however I believe this to be a bad investment, so if they want to go they can pay their way. If I don’t want to pay for my children to go to college why would I pay for yours. This guy is so clueless he still uses “FREE college”.
I can haz edumacashen?
That correction at 0:52 😬 lol
So we are basically building a Brave new world here in America while the Chinese continue to build up Big Brother in China.
4:40 you believe thats what’s happening, you would think flattards would be proof enough to say that it is definitive happening.
No, of course not!
The GOP will prevent that.
They are sure that social injustice is god's will.
God forbid that poor people have the same chances like the rich.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree to (further) damage the USA. Any improvement in the education system would reduce the average ignorance of American voters, thus reducing the chances of traitor Trump and the corrupt GOP in upcoming elections.
No, give the money to Trump, the GOP lawmakers, or directly to Russia.
Greetings from Germany
Hope your Trump nightmare ends soon.
White, no educated voters are a bunch of losers, they want a great job in their town just because they are white.
tRumptards are against free college because they all know they could never get in with their 5th grade eddumacation!
Gave this video a like but I think you could have don't more with the angle on how GOP wants white people to remain uneducated for electoral support.
DJT: "I love the poorly educated!"
https://youtu.be/Vpdt7omPoa0
🤯🤯🤯 Just blew my mind. Perfect title BTW. I had NOT seen that perspective. It's like you keep saying something without realizing what else it's connected to. Like I knew Republicans benefited from an under educated constituency. But I didn't connect it to them not wanting to publicly fund colleges because of it. I thought it was all about greed and blocking access for minorities.
The fact that Trump is most popular among uneducated white people isn't news.
are 2% of trumpists sexist? … or rather just voting against women
its also very sad, that the margin amongst college students isnt larger … is it ok to be despicable to others just because he has the same skin color (although its debateble if he doesnt count as orange)
I think colleges should be free if they have football, basketball or baseball teams that are making huge profits off the teams players. I'm not sure why your college's haven't done so in the past other than greed
Plz Teach a Dem that will listen to please analyze the facts // We need a new Congress that is willing to be for "We The People" and we Need a house Speaker that wants "To Keep America First" KAG
Davids right we are the intellectual elite don't the uneducated working class know that we know what's best for them? Don't they know that they are voting against their own interests!
I don't why they find our superior personalities charming and convincing to take their votes?
I mean we're the party of EMPATHY
I actually want to see credentialism, education inflation and the corruption in academia addressed before I support tax payer subsidized college. A lot of college majors are BS. College is too expensive (unnecessarily), vocational programs need to be emphasized more and you should need far less education for lots of jobs. I support canceling college debt along with reforming the system. AFTER that, we can talk about subsidizing education after high school (if it's necessary at that point).
You are absolutely right, David! I've thought that "Brave New World" painted a far truer picture about the United States than "1984" for at least 10 years. Repeating an overused cliché, "Keep them barefoot and pregnant".
I haven't gone to college and yet I hate Trump's guts
Trump said he liked the poorly educated.
Why are black and hispanic never broken down by degree or no degree, and how is that much larger spread not indicative of a problem?
Looking down on people without a college education and dismissing them as stupid is extremely elitist. Some of the most successful people in this country don't have a college degree and there are plenty of morons who do have one. This attitude has pushed a lot of noncollege educated working class people out of the party.
"My wife, she's 'tarted. She's a pilot now." – Justin Long's character in "Idiocracy"
What a ridiculous caricature you paint here. Trying to be the next Rachel Maddow huh?
fantastic breakdown, thanks
That's why red states have the worst school systems, it's intentional. Republicans would start losing elections if their constituents received proper educations. And in the deep south it's a double edged sword. Low education standards and religious fanatics that have been taught to suppress rational thinking their whole lives.
David, it appears you must have slept in that shirt. Weird, reflective, wavy look to it and it catches shadows. Lose it now.
Would be thorough to compare college vs no college for each of the "races" — the chart's simplified presentation almost implies that the difference is insignificant or not applicable for some reason. It would be even more telling if all "college educated" groups supported by a higher margin, or even if people without a college education consistently vote more conservatively, or if that is a "white, no college"-only phenomenon.
Wheres the data regarding the other races with and without a college degree? Why did they lump the other races into a single figure?
Is it me or does it look like Trump’s numbers are better now than in 2016? Only the white college educated people seems to vote more for the Dems.
" There is a party which benefits drastically from keeping people uneducated "
"Don't teach critical thinking in middle school" etc. etc.
This is dead on point David. My thoughts for years now.
There are those in power who don't want us to be intelligent. Who don't want us to raise questions.
Thats why Americans are mostly dumb asses.
I studied in Slovenia – free college, Belgium – 300€ per year and Germany – completely free even after 30th year. Plus government helps student financially.
Trade Schools. Community College. College credits @H.S. In-State Universities I'm ok with. You start sending all kids to a 4 year school and we got problems
Of course the right is against public college as leftists have corrupted the education system so much that now we have safe spaces and idiot socialists who owe hundreds of thousands of dollars for worthless gender study degrees.
Yes college should be cheap or free like in the 60's . Look at what happened after the trilateral commission in the 1970s decided as chompski said there's a crisis in democracy there is too much democracy!
A real analogy you can draw to 1984 is newspeak. "fake news" is 100% a newspeak word, and the conservative ideology is just a collection of memes that "trigger the libs." When I hear trump talking, he speaks in this rhythm and uses the same words over and over, it sounds like "quack, quack quack,". Conservatives think in memes, which means they aren't thinking at all, and that's the purpose of newspeak; warping the language to the point people can't actually think.
I'm sure if we thought about it we could come up with a whole list of trump/conservative newspeak phrases/words that they use as whole thoughts/arguments. Fake news is a biggly beautiful little Benghazi crooked Hillary socialist read the transcript. There, I wrote trumps next speech, and their gonna eat it up I'm sure.
I have read 1984. I haven’t read brave new world. Is it any good?
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They wanta dumbed down population. To the GOP ignorance is bliss. Why? A fool and his money are soon parted.
I love education. I hope that everyone who wants to learn will have people who help them.
0:50
Nice!
Yes… I'd of voted for any other democratic candidate other than Hilary… so… NICE!
I know this is almost certain to land with a dull thud, but my inner pedant just won't shut up, so here I go:
It's not at all clear that making education free would result in a surge of more informed citizens, who would then weaken in their support of Republicans. You have to ask if those who would go to college because of it being free would gain a lot of extra insight, even if certain mind-expanding classes are mandated for all majors (and they usually are, if my long-ago college experience is typical). I'm certain not going to say that would never happen; in fact, it's very possible that I'm an example of that happening, at least to a certain extent. But the connections seem very indirect and uncertain. I have to wonder if there's a single active GOP promoter who is losing any sleep over that prospect.
You talk about the books 1984, The Brave New World. There is another that would fit quite well, it's This Perfect Day by Ira Levin. This is a more modern, cleaner version of 1984. Go ahead and read it.
No surprise here. The conservative party in Australia has far stronger support in rural areas. Suprise surprise, the education is shit there. Compare that with highly educated and multicultural city populations where they don't do nearly as well.
H I T L E R
i mean at some point someone should tell republicans if they had smarter massaging they wouldnt need to go through all this trouble of keeping people dumb lol….
But for those people who are not college educated, what percentage of them actually want to attend college ? And how does a college degree benefit them in life ? Also , not all colleges are of equal qualities . Are there incentives for colleges to improve their teaching ? Are there alternatives to colleges ? Some people pursuit many colleges degrees over their lifetime, do they get it free each time they try ? How about doing PhD and Master degrees , should those be free ? One thing for sure, people do not go to college just to learn how to choose a political candidate .
President Lyndon B. Johnson said in the 1960s to a young Bill Moyers: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
Absolutely agree with you on this. Those who hold the power, Do Not want a populace that is well paid, has some spare time, and is capable of critical thinking. People like that Might get involved in politics, and that would spell the end of conservatism.
SANDERS 2020
I thought this story was going to be about how some progressives don’t want white people to have free college
Whats up with all these conspiracy theories?
Also, only 32% of people go to university. So its not like most people goto it. And if they don't go, it doesn't mean that they are cave people that don't read.
The only people that are against education (college) being free or actually affordable…
Are ignorant people that are too lazy and have ZERO ambitions on expanding their mind and their way of thinking.
In other words, they dont want to pick them selves up by the bootstraps and further their education.
These are the same ppl that fight for coal jobs despite it being a dying field and killing ppl. So let's all ride horse back and use type writers and send carrier pigeons while were at it.. this is how stupid these ppl sound.
When in reality if college was free and actually affordable a poor kid from West Virginia could actually go to school make something of himself/herself bring that success back to their small town and help rebuild their communities. Bring them into the future..
That way all these deep red states that leach off federal funding could actually thrive on their own and contribute to our economy…
I'm not arguing with you ignorant people today when we have data that shows which states pay the most into fed taxes and which states take the most…
Be apart of the solution make education possible to help better every state we have. Fuck party lines, fuck hatred…
You shouldn't have to go into ridiculous amounts of debt just to get an education to become a productive member of society.
Not here, not in America. We are better than that. We should be better than that
Hispanic is not a race!
So, The Democrats want to Bail out those MOSTLY WHITE children of privilege and then Lie to try to convince them that they won't have to pay for everybody else's " Free College " for the rest of their lives. That is Hysterical ! Gee.. what happens when you hand out Free Stuff ? Demand goes up 10x's So, tell us what happens if 20 million people next year want their " Free College " ? Well Lunatics ? Ummm. Uh. Gosh ! Progressive-ism is a Mental Disorder !
OFF CURSE IT SHOULD BE WAT A REDICULIS QUESTION…
What ARE electrolytes? Do you even know?!!
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
That Fraudian slip. Hit- Hillary, nah dude we with you.
That's a scandal, college should never be free, that's a socialist nonsense: Students should be paid to attend free college instead, like in Sweden where students receive a monthly allocation to pay for food and lodging. That's common sense if you care about your people.
Plus, you really don't need a college education to know that every single Trump tweet is a lie…
The white uneducated see them selves in Trump.
He is on their level.
While I trust the results, the white non-college are also older and rural voters. These ppl have been successful without college. This doesn’t mean they aren’t critically thinking, but because of geography they don’t have a sense of what the world looks like since they are in a bubble.
Public colleges should be tuition free. Wtf am I paying taxes for if it isn't going to bettee sociery?!
So then it makes sense for them bcs I mean Trump does the uneducated. Hince why the #trunplovestheuneducated
Question everything. The question is why. Why are they doing what they're doing? Why is he saying that? It's rarely the "what". it's the "why".
Excellent. Excellent.
Also another thing,! We know how Republicans love war. Free education would reduce the personnel in the war machine. Many people join the military for the college money. I know from experience. I joined the Army for that reason. I serve 23 years. I deployed to Iraq twice.
I've had this theory for years now. Republicans are actively trying to destroy and subvert our educational system because educated people don't vote for Republicans.
David’s analysis here horrified me.
Trump owns the "angry dumbshit" vote
the uneducated are easier to lie to..
If the Democrats stopped supporting gay marriage, abortion, transgenders and assault on religion then they'd win in a landslide.
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College isn't free unless everyone from the janitor to the professors to the department heads starts working for free, and we all know that isn't going to happen. Since colleges have turned into communist indoctrination centers for the weak minded, I certainly don't want to pay for it, and it doesn't seem like Pakman is going to oen his wallet up, so..