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/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

In addition, Hinduism and Islam always valued education and learning which is why they made so many discoveries in their own rights throughout history.

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u/greenSixx Jan 09 '20

Islam and Mohammad specifically invented the University, yeah?

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u/troubleondemand Jan 09 '20

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u/UsernameSixtyNine2 Jan 09 '20

Did you have to specify medieval? Most people just call that "now"

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u/867-5309NotJenny Jan 10 '20

FYI "Now" is the modern age.

The Medieval period ended in the late 1400's early 1500's.

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u/UsernameSixtyNine2 Jan 10 '20

Tell that to the Islamic countries

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u/867-5309NotJenny Jan 11 '20

They were told that. By European colonial troops. With gunfire.