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Public school could work too if you simply didn’t let undesirable people in.

Absolutely.

Maybe that’s the solution - divide everyone into “winner” and help them move forwards, or “loser” and let them die.

I actually agree. A society most learn to leave people behind. Deadweights will only drag everybody down.

I actually agree. A society most learn to leave people behind. Deadweights will only drag everybody down.

good ol' social darwinism at work. and who defines who the deadweights are? employers? my local church? my next door neighbour? should we start a network of informers like the STASI in our 'free' society? what happens if i decide YOU are a deadweight by my own criteria? will they then come for you? who will enforce the weeding out? (Nazi soldiers once had this duty as a good example)

First they came... is a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) about the quiescence of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

Pastor Martin Niemöller

Sean,

I suggest creating a social network site called Deadster.com to help people nominate dead-weight people...

good ol’ social darwinism at work. and who defines who the deadweights are? employers? my local church? my next door neighbour? should we start a network of informers like the STASI in our ‘free’ society? what happens if i decide YOU are a deadweight by my own criteria? will they then come for you? who will enforce the weeding out? (Nazi soldiers once had this duty as a good example)

DS, this is why I like you so much. You are always so caring about people.