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Fun fact: lapid does not have a bachelor's degree.

This is a fun fact, actually. Most politicians, even in 3rd world countries like mine, have at least one degree. In rare cases they don't, they get honorary phds in politics and/or sociology.

> Most politicians, even in 3rd world countries like mine, have at least one degree.

Much better than in my country, Germany, where we get regularly news of diploma forgery from top politicians. (eg. Baerbock, von Guttenberg)

IIRC, Lapid dropped out of high school.

Do most politicians?

95% of Congress have at least a degree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of_the_111th_United_St...

(under demographics->education)

85% of British MPs

https://studee.com/media/mps-and-their-degrees-media/

> Fun fact: lapid does not have a bachelor's degree.

Genuine question: why is having a bachelor's degree important?

Lapid is the alternate prime minister, and the significance is that (correct me if I’m wrong) it’s fairly uncommon for people in political power positions not to have higher education of some sort.

Isn’t that part of the problem. It’s become a political class rather than pulling the best representatives of all facets of society.

Our (Indian) PM just just faked it! He got a degree printed in a subject that didnt exist, and when the degrees written by hand and in a font that was invented in this century. Not sure if Israelians tolerate white lies from their politicians as we do.

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