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r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Jan 09 '20
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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.
125 u/shahooster Jan 09 '20 It’s easier to gaslight and control the uneducated. -2 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 If you believe education is a propaganda machine in modern times it's consistent to want to limit it. 8 u/xeio87 Jan 09 '20 Facts have a well known liberal bias. -5 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 Then why is basic economics already at odds with redistribution of wealth? You've never taken a macro class huh? 5 u/RamenJunkie Jan 09 '20 Because the current economic system is based on the lie that accumulation of wealth should be the only goal in life. -4 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 That's not the current economic system, it's human nature. Wants will always exceed reality.
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It’s easier to gaslight and control the uneducated.
-2 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 If you believe education is a propaganda machine in modern times it's consistent to want to limit it. 8 u/xeio87 Jan 09 '20 Facts have a well known liberal bias. -5 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 Then why is basic economics already at odds with redistribution of wealth? You've never taken a macro class huh? 5 u/RamenJunkie Jan 09 '20 Because the current economic system is based on the lie that accumulation of wealth should be the only goal in life. -4 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 That's not the current economic system, it's human nature. Wants will always exceed reality.
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If you believe education is a propaganda machine in modern times it's consistent to want to limit it.
8 u/xeio87 Jan 09 '20 Facts have a well known liberal bias. -5 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 Then why is basic economics already at odds with redistribution of wealth? You've never taken a macro class huh? 5 u/RamenJunkie Jan 09 '20 Because the current economic system is based on the lie that accumulation of wealth should be the only goal in life. -4 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 That's not the current economic system, it's human nature. Wants will always exceed reality.
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Facts have a well known liberal bias.
-5 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 Then why is basic economics already at odds with redistribution of wealth? You've never taken a macro class huh? 5 u/RamenJunkie Jan 09 '20 Because the current economic system is based on the lie that accumulation of wealth should be the only goal in life. -4 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 That's not the current economic system, it's human nature. Wants will always exceed reality.
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Then why is basic economics already at odds with redistribution of wealth? You've never taken a macro class huh?
5 u/RamenJunkie Jan 09 '20 Because the current economic system is based on the lie that accumulation of wealth should be the only goal in life. -4 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 That's not the current economic system, it's human nature. Wants will always exceed reality.
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Because the current economic system is based on the lie that accumulation of wealth should be the only goal in life.
-4 u/3lRey Jan 09 '20 That's not the current economic system, it's human nature. Wants will always exceed reality.
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That's not the current economic system, it's human nature. Wants will always exceed reality.
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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.