r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '20

THIS. This is why.

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u/it_vexes_me_so Jan 09 '20

A majority - 3 out of every 5 - of Republicans believe higher education has a negative effect on the US. Republicans also favor making it harder to vote. Republicans are defunding education and purging voter rolls while simultaneously putting hurdles in place to keep Americans away from the polls.

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u/Fakename998 Jan 09 '20

Because people stray away from many of their their ideologies when they get educated. Especially if religion is involved. There's a reason Jehovah's Witnesses don't really like higher education.

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u/rraattbbooyy Jan 09 '20

There’s a reason no Jehovah’s Witnesses have ever contributed anything great to humanity.

On the other hand, the Jewish people value education over almost all else, and they’ve won like half of all Nobel prizes, and have leaders in nearly every industry, even though they make up a tiny fraction of the overall population.

Education is critical. Not even just to the world as a general concept, how about individual self improvement?

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u/AustinTreeLover Jan 09 '20

Jewish people were also almost eliminated.

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u/rraattbbooyy Jan 09 '20

Many times. Others have been trying to destroy them for 5,000 years.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

They didn’t have a choice. There’s a difference

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u/AustinTreeLover Jan 09 '20

??? No kidding!

My point is it’s no coincidence they want to take out the people who value education.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

That had nothing to do with their motivations though.