The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 23 days agoRemember to support your local librarylemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down17cross-posted to: crumbgrabber@lemm.ee
arrow-up11.11Karrow-down1imageRemember to support your local librarylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 23 days agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: crumbgrabber@lemm.ee
minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·22 days agoLibraries and education are an investment even for a capitalist. The only beneficiaries of lacking both are religious slave states.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 days agoIndeed, there have been studies that education is one of the highest RoI investments a country can make.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoFor oligarchy they are not, since economic development reduces the oligarch’s power, which is a thing relative to the total size of economy. Same with social power.
Libraries and education are an investment even for a capitalist. The only beneficiaries of lacking both are religious slave states.
Indeed, there have been studies that education is one of the highest RoI investments a country can make.
For oligarchy they are not, since economic development reduces the oligarch’s power, which is a thing relative to the total size of economy. Same with social power.