tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post8079903981096252568..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: Considering crises of consumerismJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-23193210235999493922010-05-29T10:30:01.577-05:002010-05-29T10:30:01.577-05:00ASP, it's a funny logic that says that educati...ASP, it's a funny logic that says that education will help you buy things, so you should only get it if you can already buy things, isn't it?<br /><br />JR, great post. The line about shit and crap cracked me up and then you threw in the ducks in the trash and made me feel bad for laughing. It's a rollercoaster!Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-75841226327227093452010-05-29T09:12:21.756-05:002010-05-29T09:12:21.756-05:00It never ceases to surprise me how much we've ...It never ceases to surprise me how much we've internalized the logic of capital that reduces everything to a commodity. Specifically with regard to education - I was involved last year with the student movement that occupied several faculties in Croatia, demanding free higher education for all students, and consequently I was involved in A LOT of discussions on the nature of education, whether it is a right, a public good or a commodity or what. And it is amazing how young people, who've never experienced socialism, and older people, who grew up in socialism and benefited themselves from free education, have adopted the idea that education should be viewed as a commodity because it gives a person greater access to more commodities. That is the main reason people have presented to me over and over again. It is presumed that more educated people will have better jobs (although a number of higher educated people go to do measly paid jobs, like being teachers etc) and therefore should pay for that privilege, because it will reward them with more commodities. Social benefits or social importance of education never even enters the discussion until I bring it up, and then it is swiftly discarded as inconsequential. It's always about money, the purchase power. We've come to measure everything through it.<br /><br />Anyway, excellent post. :) Looking forward to more.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389974401782795345noreply@blogger.com