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I found this essay interesting as I'd not spent enough tracking these "Koch suckers" fake libertarian bullshit spreading while tracking the forever wars it has backed and proffited from.

That essay blames every problem in USA on "diversity". While there are one hell of a lot of issues resulting from oligarchy, regulatory capture, MIC pork and profiteering, destruction of social institutions and (most critically!) public education due to every major corporation in USA and most of the rentier classes shedding most of their income tax burden on to the "little people", resulting education & orher critical to human asset development budgets being slashed.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/26/koch-brothers-americans-for-prosperity-rightwing-political-group

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Blame is NOT on "diversity", per se, but on the rejection of meritocracy in favor of other elements, some of which you cite, with "diversity" being only one. Also, you should not fall into the trap of believing that the size of budgets is what determines the success or failure of any particular program. A small education budget, spent intelligently with proper prioritization, is of far greater value to society than a huge budget spent primarily on bloated bureaucracy, ideological indoctrination, and non-academic fluff.

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