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43 sats \ 12 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 26 Nov \ on: Will Donald Trump Eliminate the Department of Education? Politics_And_Law
Just out of curiosity, what are the main tasks of the American Department of Education? Here in Europe it's unthinkable.
In the US, given that schools are funded at the local level, under local state regulation, its very unclear why DoE should exist.
If you google it, you will get vague answers like "promoting equal access", "coordinating education initiatives", and "providing supplemental funding" etc....
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I see! As far as I know, nothing like this exists at European level. Each country has its own ministry of education.
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Federalism was supposed to be one of the foundational principles of American governance, but we're steadily moving away from decentralized regulation and becoming more like Europe.
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I don't know if that's good or bad. In general, it seems to me that here in Europe we are moving in the opposite direction. Towards a federation.
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Federalism refers to decentralized rule making: i.e. states over national. My impression is that Europe is increasingly moving towards centralized rule and away from their own separate national rules.
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European countries have more sovereignty than American states, anyone can leave the European Union if they want to. I think that in America only Texas can leave, isn't that right? Each country has its own laws, but every now and then a European law comes along that the countries are obliged to transpose into national law.
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I agree. If we're comparing America to all of Europe, then Europe is still more decentralized, but if we're comparing America to individual European nations, then America is more decentralized.
As to the matter of US states leaving the union, it's very unclear. You're right that Texas is the only state that explicitly included that in their state constitution. At the time of the original union, though, it was generally accepted that states could legally separate and that was made explicit during the ratifying conventions. I don't think states would be forced to remain in the union today, if they attempted to secede.
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mere bureaucracy, the system is certainly designed to screw up your life.
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The main normie political case is that it's entirely redundant with state Department's of Education, which every state has.
The national Department of Education was created to end racially segregated education. Mission accomplished! Now, go away.
Now, they primarily do two things: administer financial aid for college and bribe schools to follow their regulations.
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Now, they primarily do two things: administer financial aid for college and bribe schools to follow their regulations.
Pretty much. Federal funding is the primary lever by which the national government strong-arms states into doing their bidding.
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