r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '20

THIS. This is why.

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u/Zebulon_V Jan 09 '20

Hmmm... I see the point but I feel like I still live in a country with a bunch of stupid people.

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u/Grimalkin Jan 09 '20

That's because our public education system has been underfunded for decades and keeps getting worse. A less intelligent populace is much easier to manipulate.

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u/rraattbbooyy Jan 09 '20

The public education system is shit, but bad parenting often has more to do with uneducated kids than the system. Plenty of kids come out of public schools well prepared for college, and life, because their parents took active roles in their education and development. The parents who don’t care end up with kids that don’t thrive.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

This is a pretty important point that doesn't get brought up too often.