Free public tuition, like we have in Norway, is a non-capitalist component of an otherwise capitalist society. Paid higher education, like in the US, is a capitalist component of an otherwise capitalist society.
Actually this is the result of strong and convincing left parties and the fear of conservatives that communism might get more approval. At least in Germany.
Fair point.
I'd argue that free tuition is a proper capitalist component of a democratic country. Your government is pretty much a capitalist corporation, you pay your fees to the government in the form of taxes and you demand specific services to be provided for that fee. And if the government refuses to provide some service of specific quality, you vote a different government in. That's pure capitalism at play.
It's just that some countries don't have neither proper functioning democracy nor capitalism.
Free public tuition, like we have in Norway, is a non-capitalist component of an otherwise capitalist society. Paid higher education, like in the US, is a capitalist component of an otherwise capitalist society.
Actually this is the result of strong and convincing left parties and the fear of conservatives that communism might get more approval. At least in Germany.
Fair point.
I'd argue that free tuition is a proper capitalist component of a democratic country. Your government is pretty much a capitalist corporation, you pay your fees to the government in the form of taxes and you demand specific services to be provided for that fee. And if the government refuses to provide some service of specific quality, you vote a different government in. That's pure capitalism at play.
It's just that some countries don't have neither proper functioning democracy nor capitalism.