No shit Sherlock.

I love communism

I love when people throw out tired tropes that label anyone that doesn't agree with them as either 'communist' or 'far right'.

Heaven fucking forbid there is a middle ground in any type of discussion these days.

so working hard and becoming financially successful in order to support your family and future generations is pointless. that is basically the ethos of the last page.

your understanding of left-wing politics is

How will the abolishment of public schools stop anyone from being able to 'support your family and future generations'?

"You mean my kids will have to go the same school as those kids? Disgusting!"


Agreed. So how do we go about funding better education to the poorest in society? Because, like you said, high quality education for all, right?

15% of children at private schools are already on scholarships/bursaries since the 1980s. Less than 10% of children in the UK go to private school.

Even increasing it to 25% would do very little to address any of the issues you've brought up.

This doesn't solve anything. Just gives a leg up to a tiny minority of kids lucky enough to go a public school. What about the kids from poor backgrounds that don't make the cut? Unlucky for them.

Also, defining 'ordinary backgrounds' is near impossible itself? The more savvy rich will find loopholes in the system to define themselves as 'ordinary'. Just look at a country which has rules like this which are known to all to be a joke.

"I am a company director of a £10m+ turnover business. I pay myself £8k a year. I'm not rich, I'm ordinary"


Just give up on the thick kids. Fuck 'em. Ever wonder cause vs effect? What if these kids are 'thick' because of shit teachers that can't be arsed teaching them and give up on them? Do we expect all kids to come into school and be smart as shit from the get go?

I've worked in a professional corporate environment, and the smarter, state school-educated kids are consistently outperformed (rising up the ranks) by their public school counterparts. Largely because of soft skills (e.g. they knew how to speak to their seniors) that the state school kids were never taught. In all careers (apart from those which require massive technical knowledge), these soft skills will help climb the ladder much more than book smarts.

Also, I will never understand this argument:

"I managed to make it despite my against-all-odds upbringing. Why can't everyone do it too?"

EDIT: the country with the quota is India
EDIT: I went to a grammar school

No kids. I don't begrudge anyone sending their kids to private schools. If you had the means to legally set up your kids for success in life, why wouldn't you do it?

I see it the same as tax avoidance; just because it's there and technically open to everyone (although only a few have the means to take advantage of it), doesn't mean it's right or good for society.