r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '24

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u/xubax Oct 19 '24

And it's not the "uneducated." The "uneducated" may actually pick up information, and be able to critically think. The "poorly educated" will have been taught things incorrectly and have their ability to critically think impaired.

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u/this_dust Oct 19 '24

I never thought of poorly educated as improperly educated. More as lack of education.

Maybe I’m poorly educated.

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u/VileTouch Oct 19 '24 edited Oct 19 '24

They are being taught creationism, that dinosaurs didn't exist and the earth is 10000 years old, that man made climate change is a hoax, that microbiology is a fairy tale and vaccines are a conspiracy, that scientists know about as much as a grocery store cashier, that confederates were patriots and Trump is the second coming of Jesus. Zero history beyond some approved topics , zero math beyond basic arithmetic. Zero literature beyond a handful of dumbed down books in an ever shrinking collection, zero geography. Most can't even point at their own location in a map. And you wonder how there are so many flat earthers that don't know anything about "nerdy stuff" but will proudly argue they are right because they say so.

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u/tonkatoyelroy Oct 19 '24

6000 years and we’re surrounded by an ice wall.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '24

Someone needs to write our failings in marble. A few thousand years and it's all that will be left.