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    Default Re: Why Progressvism Has Failed

    Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
    I think you are confusing the theory with the practice. It was not a level playing field and connections were as important then as they are now. A peasant son might have made it, but with a father on the politburo you'd be guaranteed a place wherever you wanted.
    In the latter half of the 20th century, perhaps, but you'd need to convince me that it was always (i.e. early on/up to 1940s) that way.

    And in any case, the system did not require the student to fund their own studies - so ability, not background, did count for more.
    Last edited by al Roumi; 01-06-2011 at 19:10.

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