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Designers as Pawns and Useful Idiots

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13 pointsdwynings7 comments

I fully agree that non-paid design competitions like the one mentioned should be banned and avoided by every professional - but unfortunately that's not what the post's about...

All the Lenin, propaganda, bolsheviks, Marxism references are bordering on pejorative, he even goes the length to say that public schools are "non-Constitutional government agencies". Yeah, let's save health and education for those who can afford it, that will make things much better.

What if you are at school (high or uni/college) and have killer design skills but no scores on the board with which to show you can follow through on a project? Competitions such as this aren't for everyone but there are plenty of opportunities to be had in participating.

Design (or coding for that matter) for its own stake is one thing. But if I am working with someone I want to see that they can do the job even when it isn't something that necessarily gets their blood rushing.

People who think that federalized public education and healthcare is unconstitutional would have no legalistic disagreements with those same programs implemented on the state level.

Let's face it---federal control of education has been an utter failure: substandardized testing, unfunded mandates, federal rules on what can and can't be taught in sex ed, and even inflated college prices due to the over-prevalence of student loans.

In short, what are you fighting for? Good education or federalized education? Because if its the former, you might actually find yourself on the side of those you seem to dislike now.

I'm not north-american. Where I live, state, municipal and federal public schools mostly differ on the funding source. Many federal schools are known for their excellence. Federal universities here are also doing great, and are the best in the country. But does it really matter? All government levels should work together.

What?

This idea by Obama's campaign folks is pretty transparent. Plenty of people donate time, money or expertise to politicians that they support. All political parties make overt requests for donations, whether in pure cash or other forms.

The link color on the blog seems to suggest the author's political opinions and reasons for writing the post. This is apart from all the rhetoric contained within the content itself.

How dare we give someone the chance to volunteer their time for something? From now on, I say we force everyone to require monetary compensation for all time spent on any projects, even if it's something to which they want to donate their time.

It mentions that "the top %1 pay more than %40 of taxes," but I am pretty sure I've read that they make far more than %40 of all profits. [citation needed] of course.

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