Dont disallow the press and act like everything you say will end up on the nightly news

END THE TEXTBOOK MONOPLY

sorry

had to

Dont say equal opportunity

Youll go down a bad road very quickly

How?

It's better to appeal to the political center for 2 reasons, as I see things:

1. You get more support if you appeal to the political center
2. Your policies are more balanced if you appeal to the political center

There may be other positives, but I haven't thought of them

*Sighs.* Equal opportunity allows for people the chance to pull themselves out of poverty and earn the life they want to live.

Why is that a bad thing?

Because it will be twisted into something its not

It's also the law as written for now under the 14th amendment.

because of the current dialogue around it i assume

Equality on the other hand is forcing people to be equal.

Dont use taglines, say what you will do

you could argue instead to enforce the 14th

Equal opportunity starts at the family level, before you ever enter school

@Dusty Morgan They now use the word "equity" for that.

Some people have families that can afford books and encourage them to read. Other families dont care/cant afford those books.

Obviously those kids who are encouraged to read will have an unfair advantage over other students

There in, that is why there is the "CHANCE."

Hence there is no equality of opportunity in that situation

They get a chance... when other countries they don't get a chance.

@Dusty Morgan I think a better way to start into the textbooks would be to run on a policy of reducing textbook costs.

"provide better access to educational material" - maybe?

@Blackhawk342 I'd actually emphasize the Equal opportunity angle. It drives a nice wedge and most people (minorities included) really want "equal opportunity" It's only really academics and activists at this point who favor "equity"

Almost everybody agrees that textbooks are way too expensive because the publishers have monopolies on them

But there is a lot of bias being introduced in school books now.

It's a bunch of philosophizing. But it plays well and establishes a point.

its all about playing the game

@Dusty Morgan You have no idea. There are schools Using A People's History of the United States as an unbiased text.

I think the reason text boxes are expensive is because where they are made at.

If you can introduce legislation that forces competition in the textbook market, that forces prices down and will potentially also create less biased textbooks at the same time

Not to mention all the museums reworking themselves for the agenda.

you gotta know how to express things in ways that appeal to your base but arent obvious to the extremes i guess

@Revan Not really. The issue is that writing textbooks is actually pretty hard and unpopular.

Oh that is a great idea Revan, free market tends to drive prices down... but there is the problem with equality of the books.

Textbooks are essentially a monoply

They might cut corners to save money aka miss important lessons.

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That ^ was for Lagomaster24.