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“Privateers (during the American Revolution) achieved the best results if they could bluff an opponent into believing opposition was futile. When this failed the result was often vicious combat with unpredictable results. Many privateers were captured or sunk when the odds were against them. In spite of all the risks and hazards, the overall effort to cripple Britain’s commercial fleet was highly effective, and fortunes destined to finance the new republic were made. It is estimated that the total damage to British shipping by American privateers was about $18 million by the end of the war, or just over $302 million in today’s dollars.” ~The National Park Service
An Ode to Education Privateers in Contemporary Times
To you so bold and brazen
So Walton, so Gates, so Broad
Armed with wealth and power
Charity and benevolence are your facade
Fortunes you all have made
Yet more influence is what you desire
Purge, plunder, cripple, damage
Place public education under fire
Our government sanctions your mission
To destroy all love for learning
So full throttle you press forward
With plans for more money churning
You want to create a workforce
Full of clones, ready to obey
Standardize, test, standardize, test
No time for kids to play
You write the false media narrative
Declaring “Public schools are failing!”
You stake claims to dictate policy
And chart a course for smooth sailing
You prepare for vicious combat
When resistance begins to rise
How dare those agitators defy you!
And refuse your toxic lies
Praise to you, education privateer!
Proud lover of edperialism & the testocracy
After all, public schools are only necessary
If you actually care about a democracy
*Inspirational credit goes to Christopher Chase
fantastic!
Mary Reed
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