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| ▲ | strken an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Their direct work output contributes to a functioning democracy, but does so indirectly by providing material goods and services, which I refer to by the shorthand "economic reasons". We don't train nurses and carpenters because their training directly supports democracy; we train them because we want to live inside and be cared for when needed, and these things are incidentally good for any society, democratic or otherwise. They may of course contribute as individuals, too, but their training is not required for them to do so. | |
| ▲ | hahahaa 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The things thay directly help democracy are well considered viewpoints, humanities research, journalism, law etc. Stuff that influences decision makers including voters hopefully roughly for a greater good although we all may disagree exactly what that means. Nurses and carpenters help society and functioning civilization. | | |
| ▲ | AnthonyMouse 33 minutes ago | parent [-] | | For that to work, what you need is for the nurses and carpenters to be well versed in basic economics and how pundits lie with statistics etc. for when they go to the polls, rather than to have an oversupply of English majors who go on to have careers as a Walmart greeter or become structurally unemployed. In other words, we need more people with a minor in the humanities and fewer people with a major in it. |
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