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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
How in your opinion does education direct people to the left. This is really interesting cause I think there is some merrit to this. The stereo type I have of right wingers are that they more meat and potatos kind of people.
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This is actually a pretty deep question...I could ramble on for days actually. Not that I will, but it's a pretty interesting topic with a million different theories.
I think there's a certain sense of entitlement (job wise) from people who graduate University after 10 years of education, and when that doesn't pan out there's immediately something wrong with the government/society when a rig worker can pull in 6 figures with no education whatsoever, or how an electrician can start his own business and within 4 years owns 3 houses and 10 work trucks. Finishing a PHD takes a lot of time, money and work, and it might seem unfair that you don't get paid for it when you're done.
And I agree that right wingers are the more meat and potatoes type person. They're no less intelligent than a left leaning individual, but I'd say they tend to be more entrepreneurial, and a little more individualistic in nature. They don't want to share wealth that they built on their own with someone who thinks they "deserve" it because of their education.
My family is pretty diverse in this respect. I work for a 4th generation family company that has been built and run by a variety of different family members, some of whom are university educated (masters, PHD's, etc) some are SAIT grads, and a few with nothing more than high school. I've seen lots of different ideas and opinions, and listened to more than one debate at the family dinner table. Everyone has their theories, and what I've typed above is more or less what I've garnered from listening to them for the last 30 years. Definitely caused a rift or 3 here and there, and a little bad blood, but it can be comical to listen to my uncle (masters in business, owns his own company) talk about "effin teachers", and then walk into the kitchen to hear my aunt (masters in education, is a teacher) talk about "effin capitalists".