• taladar@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Shouldn’t the older people be more educated if it was only gutted in the 1980s? My impression is that they are even less educated than the younger generations.

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      1 year ago

      How do you figure? We have millions of ignorant voters reliant on politicians to tell them how to feel. Without this, there would be no Republican Party.

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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately, there probably would be. Hopefully it would be less popular, but some people just non-ironically think that way. Disturbing, but reality.

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      Only for the majority, not for those who had existing money and power. For those people it just solidified their positions in the ruling class.
      No matter how short-sighted that is.

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      Why? It created a nation of blithering idiots willing to threaten people with murder over daring to mention something they refuse to understand.

      its working exactly as it was intended to.

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      When did mandatory state education ever serve people’s needs? School has always taught only what was needed to serve our masters.