Why Republicans Are Strangling Public Education

Re: the meme here, a reader asks: How do you convince Republicans that their children are being disenfranchised because their party wants to starve public education out for the sake of privatization?

You don’t.  Two responses:

Wealthy Republicans understand that educated people tend not to vote Republican, especially in the deplorable condition in which it finds itself today, with all the lies, crime, and stupidity. For them, others’ ignorance translates directly into political success.

In general, the truly dug-in Trump base doesn’t put much value on education.  A recent data analysis of the returns showed how the more college-educated white people there are in a given area, the better Biden did vs. Trump in 2020.