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I one met a girl in New York state, aged about 22, who asked me with total seriousness whether "you guys have roads in England?"
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I met a guy in New York State who did not believe that we had a suspension bridge in Vancouver.
He really did not believe Canadians could build things that sophisticated.
Mind you this was early 1970s.Re university access: the banks are run by the elite are they not? You don't see many lower class members on any boards deciding banking policy.
I see a clear divide in the USA between a well educated affluent class and a poorly educated less affluent majority. The rich are getting much richer and the poor have less and less hope of not being poor.
Most secure union ype work is gone, young people need two or three jobs, while top level executives get huge salaries and bonuses. The former head of CBS is demanding $120 million in severance, after being fired, for example.
This lack of hope is what drives Trump's support in blue collar America. They figured nothing else has worked so Trump was a Hail Mary long shot.
Students take on debt because there is no other way to pay. Banks make a ton of money off those loans. Without a degree qualification I don't see any way into a secure good paying job.
We are saving now to get our six year old grandson into med school.
davidual
Average American is insanely ignorant. Not stupid, or bad people, just clueless about the world around them.
It is really shocking.
For example, look at how many flat earthers and creationists there are, and there are places where creationism is taught as a valid theory.
There are smart people, of course, but they are a minority.
The upper class is doing everything it can to prevent the lower class from getting university education by making it impossibly expensive.