• Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    23 hours ago

    Essentially all of America’s problems are because its population is so uneducated. We want simple answers to complicated questions because that’s the best we can hope to understand. 52% of us can barely read at a 6th grade level FFS. The ignorance then allows us to entertain some pretty dark thoughts leading us to Trump.

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      22 hours ago

      Hmmmm while I agree a large uneducated population is a terrible problem, I would not say this is the cause. I would characterize it as a “condition” necessary to get this low.

      I find just saying all problems are because of lack of education feels like an indirect way of saying “If I take advantage of you, it’s only because you let me” which I believe leaves the evil-doers off the hook

      Kind of like saying “the problem with school shootings is because kids are so soft and squishy, they are easily destroyed by bullets” (obviously I am exaggerating here to make my point clearer)

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        16 hours ago

        Except the evil doers are the ones specifically making sure people are uneducated.

        I’m also curious what you would say is the cause? You argued against the point but didn’t make any new ones.

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          2 hours ago

          Except the evil doers are the ones specifically making sure people are uneducated.

          That is exactly the point I am making. I didn’t argue against the point, I argued against the framing

          So instead of framing it as “the population is uneducated” it would be framed as “oligarchs are keeping the population uneducated”…

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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          9 hours ago

          So,

          “Problems exist because there aren’t enough good people [with enough power].”

          Or what can we state confidently?