Actor Mark Pellegrino has starred in hit television series like “Lost” and “Supernatural” as well as appearing in movies like “The Big Lebowski” and “National Treasure.” In his latest venture Monday night, Pellegrino took to Twitter with a full-throated defense of capitalism and free markets.
It started when he asked his followers for their thoughts about a quote from “Atlas Shrugged” author Ayn Rand.
Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/4c5DZeKqzv
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
A snarky reply about public schools being to blame for people’s misunderstanding of capitalism diverted the discussion into education, but Pellegrino delivered a fantastic argument for how letting free markets work in a privatized education system benefits everyone, rich and poor.
@MarkRPellegrino My thought: end public schools now. They're responsible for most people being unaware of the virtues of capitalism. #crime
— Objectivist Cat [Bitcoin Cash] (@ObjectivistCat) March 22, 2016
@ObjectivistCat @MarkRPellegrino If we end public school how do children get an education?
— Kathy Kitt (@kathy_kitt) March 22, 2016
@ObjectivistCat @kathy_kitt education would evolve into a variety of forms as opposed to the one size fits all monstrosity it is today.
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@MarkRPellegrino and will this mean private schools? Who's paying for it? What's being taught in these schools?
— Kathy Kitt (@kathy_kitt) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt the people who's children are using the schools would pay for it. What is taught? I guess that would vary according to the
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt values and goals of the people patronizing them
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@MarkRPellegrino I'm sure you know what my reply is going to be; kids from wealthy families get the best education while kids
— Kathy Kitt (@kathy_kitt) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt that is happening NOW but with real injustices of parents paying double when they send a kid to private school (because they
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt crap schools, are subsidizing someone else's kid) also, gifted children who are poor are trapped in crap schools that are often
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt infested with crime and drugs and are prevented BY LAW from moving to alternatives. Children are likewise subjected to
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt teaching fads that have political power, but are not beneficial to the child's growth. You can NEVER equalize opportunity…
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt but you can provide freedom so that services can innovate (and become affordable) to become more tailored to the individual
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt needs and economics of each student. Before public schools there was nearly 100% literacy. Remember the federalist papers were
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt read by everybody in the goddamn newspapers.
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt just because that's your paradigm doesn't make it so. The market works EVERYWHERE for EVERY product. Where a good or service
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt is too expensive you will likely find it is the LEAST subject to the market. Schools are expensive because a coercive monopoly
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt controls the market. Add to that further controls of gov certifications… Licensing and the influence of politically powerful
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt unions and you have a recipe for an ineffective and unaffordable system.
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
@kathy_kitt yes it would mean that.
— Mark Pellegrino (@MarkRPellegrino) March 22, 2016
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