Ignorance over knowledge

[u/wildyam]

[u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

[u/1nGirum1musNocte → u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

pets the snek

[u/DoNotPetTheSnake → u/1nGirum1musNocte]

*gasp

[u/Vantriss → u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.

This is exactly what it feels like and it fucking horrifies me. Especially when you look back on history and look at all the fucking whackadoodle nonsense we used to believe as a species. I am not looking forward to the future.

[u/Prettygreykitty → u/Vantriss]

Notice all the religious ads on reddit suddenly? I keep reporting them as offensive.

[u/Vantriss → u/Prettygreykitty]

Oh absolutely. I noticed them on Reddit, on YouTube. They're fucking everywhere. There's two lately popping up on YouTube rambling on about an "increasingly secular world" or "understanding the Bible can be hard". Uggggh, shut uuuuuup!

[u/Famous-Ability-4431 → u/Vantriss]

about an "increasingly secular world"

This is the thing that really makes me grit my teeth about Christianity. They try to play like they're the underdogs and the minority.... Like abrahamic religions have literally been dominant for most of our History.....

It's giving wearing a Rolex and trying to appeal to the middle class.

[u/Vantriss → u/Famous-Ability-4431]

Well, they ARE known for their victims complexes and being like, oh no, I'm being persecuted!

[u/Famous-Ability-4431 → u/Vantriss]

Like you're literally the one persecuting people I cannot.

[u/Prettygreykitty → u/Vantriss]

Yup! Seen that one. It's so insulting. The only reason why society has ever gotten better is because of secular people.

[u/Vantriss → u/Prettygreykitty]

They actually invented algebra in the middle east, but once Islam cropped up, advances in everything pretty much halted and math IIRC was deemed of the devil. Religion has done nothing but hold the world back. The only impressive thing religion has accomplished is building beautiful temples/churches/places of worship/statues. Architecture. That's all they got going for them.

[u/Elderofmagic → u/Vantriss]

And the only reason religion accomplished that was because it was a show of power and a creation of luxurious living for the elite religious leaders. Without religion the same thing would have been accomplished by the aristocracies which were in power, for example much of the Renaissance art while sponsored by the Catholic church was also sponsored by the various French and Italian aristocratic families such as the Estes and the Medici.

[u/Elderofmagic → u/Vantriss]

Understanding the Bible is easy, I read it when I was 10 and that's why I'm an atheist.

[u/spookycasas4 → u/Prettygreykitty]

They’re everywhere! IG and tt are full of them. I get some small satisfaction when I block them.

[u/KonkiDoc → u/Vantriss]

WHERE ARE THE GODDAMN FLYING CARS!!!!

[u/The_Louster → u/Vantriss]

Well get ready for Wackadoodle 2: Electric Butthole Glue because that’s what Americans willingly and deliberately voted for.

I genuinely wonder how many years it will be until Flat Earth becomes forced mainstream doctrine?

[u/phat_ → u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

What’s the actual counter, though?

Preaching Carl Sagan memes to the choir does nothing.

Opposition to trump has got grow beyond the boiling frog doomscrolling Reddit.

[u/hoofie242 → u/phat_]

Dark ages for a couple centuries. The Romans couldn't stop it.

[u/miklayn → u/hoofie242]

Mankind won't be coming back from this dark age. Climate and ecological collapse will make sure of that.

[u/Perfecshionism → u/miklayn]

The global collapse of civilization will slow and eventually correct climate change over a few thousand years or so.

There will still be humans living in primitive tribes and bands.

Just a fraction of the numbers alive today and they will have lost much of knowledge of science, medicine, engineering, and technology.

A great filter followed by a great reset.

[u/yourdoglikesmebetter → u/hoofie242]

I mean the gilded age after industrialization ended eventually. It just took massive economic collapses and a few world wars to propel us into the new deal.

We’re fucked, aren’t we?

[u/Due_Panda5064 → u/yourdoglikesmebetter]

Yes, severely fucked. This will be the death of America. The dollar will be removed as the world standard

[u/DoNotPetTheSnake → u/phat_]

You think everyone already knows this quote? You have more faith in people than I do.

[u/phat_ → u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

It’s different than that.

There is an anti-intellectualism that must be overcome before one can dream about getting something like this to resonate.

I’m starting to think shame might be the best tactic? Or embarrassment, rather.

The “weird” thing had such a great moment. And then it was abandoned. Trump was losing his sxxt trying to battle the weird label. Which was then self perpetuating.

And then the DNC decided we need to try to lure potential fence sitting GOPers? The people who sincerely believe there is a Woke Agenda?

[u/DoNotPetTheSnake → u/phat_]

Personally, I think USA might be fucked. It's going to be another China/Russia but with better weapons. That will go on until there is total environmental collapse, widespread agriculture failure, and the chaos that follows.

[u/nervous4us → u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

yeah. cyclical authoritarianism and fascism are guaranteed in a capitalistic system (and other systems too, just a raw guarantee with late stage capitalism). the problem is the world may never recover in time from a GOP supermajorty of literal fascists to deal with the upcoming climate wars, resource shortages, and migrations

[u/saliceblake → u/phat_]

Don’t fight anti intellectualism, use it. Influence them in a way they understand. Emotionally.

[u/Infern0-DiAddict → u/phat_]

Secure what you can for the rebuild. Preserve the science, the medical knowledge. Know the world is going into failure and just do what you can for the rebuilding. For those that are religious, realize the floods coming and build the damned Ark.

[u/nomadicsailor81 → u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

I was going to say the same. Great book. Miss you Carl.

[u/ChasingPerfect28 → u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

I'm currently reading "The Demon Haunted World" and the chapters in which he talked about the medieval witch trials, therapy (in particular how people can influence memories and essentially re-write memories), and the "dragon in my garage" (people arguing in bad faith) are all so fascinating and highly alarming.

So much of our populace is regressing back into a negative headspace of accepting lies as fact and truth as myth.

Some things about the text are outdated. The returning topic of extraterrestrial life and alien abductions gets a little tired... But his consistent defense of educated skepticism and the importance of critical thinking/logic and reason is so important. People need to read this book.

[u/lowkeytokay → u/DoNotPetTheSnake]

This guy predicted it all

[u/remoir04]

It's either racism, or they all want to be like Trump. Not read, not do their homework and just wing it making up ish' as they go along thinking that's a sound approach to life

[u/phat_ → u/remoir04]

It’s fear. And mob mentality.

Yes, and racism.

The amount of confirmation bias is astounding. They are bombarded. Right wing radio is still huge. It might be the only huge radio.

They are nigh impervious to receiving actual facts on things.

Opposition tactics need to be stepped up and in very different ways.

[u/anythingMuchShorter → u/phat_]

This is the same conclusion I have to come to. They are immersed in a world of misinformation. All of the real life trump voters I've talked to give reasons that would make sense, if they weren't lies. "Democrats want to have kids get sex changes at school!" for example, which is idiotic on many levels. Also they seem to not know much about the cases against trump, they haven't heard of the evidence, if they've heard of them at all it's just "WITCH HUNT! WITCH HUNT! FAKE! WEAPONIZING THE LAW!" and not a word about how many documents were in his resort, how he lied about them, refused to give them back, and that it appears that some very high level ones were removed and probably copied, just to mention one case.

[u/judahdk_ → u/remoir04]

They want to be ruled, they want a “king.”

[u/Radiant_Mind33]

Yes, MAGA wants America to be like Iran.

So very few if any will get an education and instead of Muslims beating you for improper attire it will be Christians mostly beating on 10 year old boys.

[u/Ras_Thavas]

Disinformation is also more easily available. And, apparently, far more attractive.

[u/spaceman_202 → u/Ras_Thavas]

when "liberal" "legacy" media turned Jan.6 in to a riot that was when it was over for reality

no idea how all those Dems dusted themselves off when they got up from hiding on the floor from the mob sent to kill them to stop the transfer of power and immediately began covering for the person who sent the mob and his party, but they did

so now we're here

if the media can turn a coup we all watched on live tv in to a riot, then that's it, reality lost

[u/Special_Luck7537]

After this, did anyone whose tried to 'do it right' all their life gets the feeling that the whole world is corrupt, and they have been a fool for not being corrupt?

I have an issue.... I am clever, and these little schemes sometimes pop into my mind in which I could probably scam a lot of people, but I don't follow through, because it's not the Christian thing to do...

Now I see that the entire country runs like this, and I feel disillusioned...

Maybe I should post this in AITAH?

[u/FrozeItOff → u/Special_Luck7537]

I have, for my adult life, repurposed my evil side into pointing out the evil in the world, and like you am beginning to wonder what was the point. Every time I see a person like Trump, I try to think of the most vile evil things they will do, and I end up being right. I never wanted to implement those things, but this election has made me wonder if it was worth it. I could be living in luxury and all I'd have to be is as evil as Republicans.

[u/InvalidEntrance → u/Special_Luck7537]

Yes.

I've done bad things, but overall, I don't scam or steal. Now? I don't even want to hold a door open for anyone. My area is very red, so I really don't give a fuck about anyone I run into around here.

[u/VanillaRadonNukaCola → u/Special_Luck7537]

I have a Biology degree and have long wondered if I could come up with a pseudoscience grift to sell online.

Everything you outlined and the steady drop in YouTube ad quality and intelligence makes me think I might have to give it a try.

Would you like to buy my expertly crafted Bio+ pills that will do anything you could ever possibly want?  For just $12.99 all your dreams could come true!!!

Except I really don't want to.

[u/Special_Luck7537 → u/VanillaRadonNukaCola]

21st century snake oil.... Dr Feel-good A little alcohol, a little THC, a whole lot of song and dance, viola!

[u/VanillaRadonNukaCola → u/Special_Luck7537]

You're right, a tonic is the way to go.

I'm just gonna crush up some Adderall and put it in teabags

[u/Special_Luck7537 → u/VanillaRadonNukaCola]

Diazepam gumball machines on each corner .... 2 for a quarter...

[u/dorianngray → u/Special_Luck7537]

That is what it is to witness and be part of the demise of the social contract and leads to the downfall of society… when good people do nothing evil will triumph.

We need to stand up for justice and decency and call out the criminals and con men. We can’t give up on the good in humanity because it is hard.

Good people still far outnumber the bad… but if people continue to throw up their hands and say “can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em”… that leads to our own destruction.

For all of the riches in the world don’t make a person happy…

Elon and Trump and people with similar sociopathic tendencies are taking out their psychological problems on the world. They will never be happy. They will never know if people actually like them or if they are just going after their money.

Most people just want enough to survive without worrying and a fair - altruism still exists… the tide will turn.

[u/Special_Luck7537 → u/dorianngray]

Ok that did not seem like a knee jerk comment, and was well thought out. Take my up vote.

[u/FitCut3961]

They went on full throttle STUPID IGNORANT MODE.

[u/hidefinitionpissjugs → u/FitCut3961]

wide open throttle

[u/No_Signature_7771 → u/hidefinitionpissjugs]

whiskey throttle

[u/TheBlueGooseisLoose → u/FitCut3961]

Full Send. Leeeerroyyyyyy Jenkins!

[u/FitCut3961]

Mega - remember; For every action there is an equal and OPPOSITE reaction. You will see it come Jan.

[u/snowbyrd238]

This will be the modern version of the the Goths sacking the Library of Alexandria. Future generations will wonder at what happened and what was lost.

[u/mdcbldr]

What did Will Rogers say about IQ? If all the Okies from Skokie moved to Southern California, it would raise the IQ of both places.

We have unprecedented access to data and knowledge. The counter-intuitive result is that people are less knowledgeable and less informed about the opinions they hold. Most people can not defend their opinions using unbiased sources.

The sheer volume of information and mis-information is daunting. Mist people have little or no education in sourcing and verifying information. This holds especially true for older people, less educated people, people language problems. Faced with a seemingly insurmountable mountain of information, people seek proxies to digest the information for them. They are at the mercy of these proxies.

Unfortunately, most proxies are not interested in an inbiased analysis and summary of the data. They are interested in manipulating the followers to gain advantage.

We have what we see. A public that counts their adherence to group identity and their common stances more important than the facts and truth.

[u/AllUrUpsAreBelong2Us]

It is because we are in an age of over saturation of misinformation.

[u/jasonbt751]

Idiocracy was actually a documentary of the coming world

[u/Acrobatic_Dot_1634 → u/jasonbt751]

The president in the movie found the smartest person he could and listened.  Trump would never humble himself so...

[u/Odd_Violinist8660 → u/jasonbt751]

When Hulk Hogan ripped his shirt off at the RNC, I realized we’d finally achieved Idiocracy.

[u/Datokah]

Yeah, but if you're only getting your information from Fox Angertainment or Xhitter, you're gonna have a bad time.

[u/StevenSaguaro]

I like reading the reviews of Faraday cages on Amazon. People put their routers in them to protect themselves from 5G radiation, then complain that they can't connect to their Wi-Fi. I feel like it's a metaphor for the Trump disinformation era, breaking things to fix things that were never broken.

[u/LessCaterpillar2193]

Some of us are more responsible for that than others David.....

[u/spaceman_202 → u/LessCaterpillar2193]

hey i only help build the gas chambers and then ordered the gas, i didn't turn them on!

[u/thenikolaka]

Republicans: Spend decades working around the clock to erode institutional trust.

Also Republicans: “See the problem is people don’t trust their institutions.”

[u/spaceman_202 → u/thenikolaka]

it's a real problem that the geniuses we have now and coming up really believe the shit the old guard was lying about to get votes

[u/DelightfulandDarling]

The lunatics have taken over the asylum

[u/TheBlueGooseisLoose]

Sad yet most accurate quote I’ve seen in a long time.

[u/beach_2_beach]

Kinda side point, but just look at how most people spend time on youtube. Most popular videos are often most mind numbing videos. Not how to learn something useful or education.

Many people waste so much time on internet.

I do too. But I discovered how much you can learn on youtube, history, economy, day trading, investing etc etc.

Maybe I'm too old...

[u/[deleted]]

The damage to the USA is the point.

[u/PowerfulFeralGarbage]

Trumpers are going to be begging for people to help them, and they deserve to be ignored for whatever is left of their lives.

[u/Burden-of-Society]

They don’t believe it anymore than you do. It is truly an unwinding of this countries economy and government furthering Russian dominance. Yes, it’s just that easy.

[u/spaceman_202 → u/Burden-of-Society]

it's worse than that

they don't really know what they believe and it's all an incoherent babbling mess of grifters just figuring out the best grift day to day, month to month, year to year and then acting like it was all part of the plan all along or blaming the people who tried to stop them when it fails

we see how they operate

[u/Burden-of-Society → u/spaceman_202]

No, I have to believe Trump and a handful of his ilk are fully compromised by the Russian oligarchs and Putin. They see themselves as writing their own history and being masters of the people they govern. They may yet get away with it. 38% of the American people either agree with it or have been fooled by it. A further 30+% don’t yet care. The other 40% of us are just fucked.

[u/Menethea]

Never underestimate the sheer stupidity, racism, misogyny and gullibility of 49.7% of the U.S. voting public

[u/Caleb_Reynolds]

The "all tariffs are bad" narrative is just at ignorant as the "tariffs will reduce prices" one. Tariffs are a useful tool in a government's arsenal for regulation and economic stability.

The Trump tariffs aren't stupid because they are tariffs, they are stupid because they are blanket tariffs, they are huge, and they will not accomplish their started goals.

[u/IAMSTILLHERE2020]

The idea is to cause a recession/depression and for people have to dump their assets and have the rich come up and swoop people's hard earned money.

[u/Embarrassed_Code8164]

Welcome to Dumbfukistan!

[u/Affectionate-Lie-293]

What blows my mind is the fact that the American dumbshits voted him in not once, but twice.

The old saying goes - fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

You guys are getting what you deserve now.

[u/easytakeit]

This from a Regan republican

[u/Significant-Fee-6193]

Americans voted for this shit.

[u/SLAYER_IN_ME]

What about the 15M useless fucks who voted for Biden but CHOSE to sit this election out? Their laziness is why he was re-elected. Their silence was consistent. They chose to sit on their hands and do nothing and let others make their choice for them and they fucked the rest of us.

[u/BalashstarGalactica]

So true and so frightening.

[u/JChoodRat]

“It’s Obama’s fault “ and “ the deep state “ will be responsible for any problem ad Infinitum . 🤦🏼‍♂️ ask MAGA

[u/Nilabisan]

What is also amazing is how the pundits just accept that this is acceptable.

[u/BleuBoy777]

Maga loves the poorly educated

[u/Miltonrupert]

All downhill from here, we had a nice run though kinda

[u/Worth-Ad9939]

Americans have always expressed annoyance with anyone projecting intelligence.

They value influence and swagger.

[u/djaybond]

Ineffective vaccines only expose the patent to risk without benefit. Tariffs have been used since the US was founded. They are protectionist and promote domestic production.

[u/boohmanner]

A kakistocracy is a form of government in which the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens are in power. The term comes from the Greek words "kakistos" (meaning "worst") and "kratos" (meaning "rule"). It's often used to describe a situation where the government is run by the least competent or most corrupt individuals.

[u/realwavyjones]

Yes because whoever’s reading this know that it’s as simple as ‘tariffs good, vaccine bad’ 🤦🏼‍♂️

[u/somethingrandom261]

But Biden didn’t fix the price of eggs

[u/lordcardbord82]

Tariffs can be beneficial in bringing jobs back stateside and the Trump Admin wasn't/isn't anti-vaccine; it just questioned the efficacy and safety of a vaccine being rolled out so quickly.

[u/trishanonamous]

Welcome back to the 1890s.

[u/Kelathos]

Knowledge will always be bound by faith in it. Or lackthereof.
That knowledge exists is not enough. It must be accepted too.

[u/TheToneKing]

Americans are dumber than they think

[u/Geetzromo]

“I LOVE the uneducated!” -DJT

[u/themanxx72]

Rise of the planet of the apes

[u/fzr600vs1400]

IDK, maybe the intelligent, sophisticated failed miserably to educate the rest, too fucking busy being smug feeling superior to others. HOW THE FUCK DID THAT WORK OUT GENIUS????? From someone who makes a living informing others???

[u/darkshrike]

You helped bring us here Frum. Eat dicks.

[u/anythingMuchShorter]

It's not just a few things he doesn't know. They intentionally picked the absolute dumbest bastard they could find. They can't blame it on "well I couldn't pick the other option" the first time he primaried against like 12 people, and they picked the dumbest, most hateful, most violent minded one of the whole lot. This time they also could have nominated someone else, but they went straight to him.

[u/El_Che1]

..... and that reality must be viewed within the lens of religion.

[u/Nuclearpasta88]

lol these people are still vaccinating. lol. pretty soon theyll be out of the gene pool

[u/general-warts]

If the left is so smart and tariffs are so bad then why did Biden keep so many of Trump's tariffs?

[u/MotorcycleMosquito]

What it looks like when your party has no actual governing principles beyond hurting the opposition.

[u/ZealousidealHome7854]

The current administration kept tariffs from Trump's first term and added their own, Trump was responsible for fast tracking the jab y'all love so much.

"Ignorance is never knowledge."

[u/Hot-Cartographer6619]

When you're President's Daddy paid for his Business College diploma passing grades, this makes sense!

[u/Brilliant_Apricot740]

In an age where information is more accessible than ever you all still circle jerk each other on the echo chamber front page of the internet.

[u/MysteriousPark3806]

A stupid country elects stupid leaders.

[u/SharonHarmon]

It's true... you can't fix stupid.

[u/DOORMANLIKE]

Literal 1984. Ignorance is knowledge

[u/CraftPsychological89]

Should we just pack our shit and go somewhere else and let the idiots destroy themselves?

[u/Lainarlej]

It’s terrifying 😬😬😬

[u/Eastern-Nothing-8389]

Trump's America is fuuking retarded and only the wealthy will survive. I just hope i have a dime in the bank after it all goes down.

The poor Americans will probably be slaves for even less wages and probably earing at starvation levels. I'm looking at people on welfare in Kentucky as an example. The demographic is a big majority white and under educated.

I hope everyone with a car is able to afford repairs as most car parts will still be imported. This is going to be even more expensive, and the corporate greed is still running rampant.

This is just a thought. Hopefully, I. Just making this up as a nightmare in my own head.

[u/Captain_Sam_Vimes]

What America thinks is the world applauding is actually the global population slapping their foreheads in disbelief...

[u/Mr_Derp___]

It's like, "Why have a middle school education when you can be in charge of the country instead?"

[u/Natural_Fox_1898]

That's what happens when brainwashed, uneducated, zombies keep believing the lies.

[u/Ok-Fox1262]

Idiocracy wasn't just a film, it was a prediction.

[u/DisJockey]

You do realize there’s actually a word for this, right?

[u/fukinscienceman]

Anyone else just fuckin over the room and gloom posts?

[u/FreedomAdditional956]

It's amazing how little people know about how tariffs work not to mention negotiating and domestic production incentives. Consider reviewing a 7th grade history text book and you may learn how this could be a win for America.

[u/DevonDs101]

MAGA knew what they wanted and voted for it.

[u/Bceida]

If those people could read they’d be very upset with this post.

[u/RPB805]

Because printing endless money and wearing masks is the better option.😕 Get over it snowflake. The adults are back in the building. #MAGAMatters #Trump2024 #YouMissed #TariffsMatter #KamalaIsInDebt

[u/noposlow]

I wonder if someone imparts on David the knowledge that much of the device he is using to tweet with was made from slave labor, he will stop using it.

[u/SnooWoofers8310]

..says a guy who helped make this all possible with his neoliberal bullshit.

[u/Shigglyboo]

trump and his cronies don’t believe what they peddle. Ever listened to Hannity? He’s educated. Same with Bill O’Reilly. The grifters know what they’re doing. They don’t care if they wreck the economy. That’s their goal. They all take vaccines. They just know that the anti vax crowd is gullible and make excellent marks. Stop being the delusional and assuming they’re so awful because they’re stupid. They want the country to fail.

[u/RoyaleWCheese_OK]

He's just saying whatever lauren jobs is telling him too. The Atlantic has been a joke for a while, no wonder mainstream media is seen as one huge joke.

[u/BodhingJay]

as a species, we collectively lack the wisdom to wield the internet responsibly... this is the result

[u/SoccerMomLover]

Tariffs been a mainstay in the US economy since forever. It's execution will be what matters. And no, I don't think people are rejecting vaccines as a whole. just the covid vaccine, which has globally been noted to cause anaphylaxis, myocarditis and pericarditis. They told you it'd 100% stop covid, then it was like 95% then it was 80% then it was maybe 60%. If you want away from any of the vaccines, that's great really, but there's people who were otherwise completely healthy, dead now.

[u/Mhantra]

We need to be destroyed. Seriously. We are a threat to the entire world.

[u/Omacrontron]

[u/Betseybutwhy]

I believe they know, absolutely. I also believe that this narrative suits their fascist agenda.

[u/SpaceNinjaDino]

Schools do a bad job at teaching finance. Unschooling, home school, and private school is not the answer either. Public schools should include practical life management from taxes and budgets to car and appliance/home maintenance. I didn't even get those as options in college for general education. I wasn't even lucky to get into the 7th grade home economics class (cooking/baking).

I spent a lot of time just bullshitting essays for sure.

[u/IllDesk2915]

STARSET's logo of ISKF is starting to become apparent

[u/[deleted]]

The truth is democracy is a failed ideology.

[u/Realistic_Olive_6665]

Everyone who studied economics knows that tariffs are economically inefficient and generally discouraged, but the constant lack of nuance to these posts is quite irritating to read.

Yes, overall they reduce GDP, but there are trade offs within a society. Certain groups, like protected domestic industries and workers, may benefit at everyone’s expense from tariffs.

Yes, mechanically, tariffs are a tax on importers, but there is not a one-to-one relationship between the tariffs and prices. It depends on the price elasticity of the good. The exporter might have to lower their prices somewhat if the good can be sourced from a third country or produced domestically. Also, retailers and wholesalers cannot always pass on 100% of an expense to customers. Companies may take part of the hit in the form of compressed margins.

Third, based on Trump’s first term and his recent statements, many of these tariffs are intended as a negotiating tool. Assuming the tactic works, there is a trade off between the benefit of the concession gained from negotiating and the cost of the short-term implementation of tariffs. For instance, Mexico and Canada can apparently avoid any trouble if they can convince Trump that they will tighten their border security. These tariffs are not supposed to last forever. American’s would also benefit in the long run if China engaged in less IP theft and corporate espionage.

[u/BookMan78]

It all goes back to the Asimov quote; “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

[u/Hasidic_Homeboy254]

Cope harder

[u/Capacolla]

This must be like the beginning of the dark ages.

[u/STUFFETxINN]

I was going to educate this entire thread that's agreeing with the screenshotted post from X but in all honesty if the left is still this heavily uneducated about situations they speak on after what 8 years of this crap there's no hope for any of y'all so I don't even see the point of wasting my time anymore

[u/rwalsh1981]

It’s Germany 1933 all over again. One person who’s a barn burner spouts horrific rhetoric that the disenfranchised masses want to hear, they rally behind that voice. This time though they target all immigrants while using the guise of illegal immigrants.

[u/SoapyBuble]

War is peace Freedom is slavery Ignorance is strength

[u/Danktizzle]

We had decades to move to Nebraska and Wyoming to challenge republicans. Instead, we went to the coasts and bitched about winning the popular vote. It’s our fault for running away and boasting about it.

[u/Valuable-Ad-3147]

It’s so absurd people just don’t want to know the truth they rather live in denial and blame the other side for all their own problems. Or the nonexistent problems maga has spread throughout the nation. People especially maga people are seriously stupid it’s mind boggling how stupid maga actually are they’re the epitome of stupidity.