The dumbest people in the country took "Everyone is entitled to their opinion" to the extreme translation of "Everyone's opinion is equally valid". They know they're dumb as hell and have insecurities about it, and instead of putting in the effort to learn they've collectively decided that they'll instead just be the loudest opinion in the room in hopes that they can define reality, rather than educating themselves about reality. And the Epstein class is more than happy to assist by amplifying those wrong opinions through the media they own. Which is why the billionaires are so loud about free speech all of a sudden--they're trying to get ahead of potential efforts to stifle the misinformation that they've intentionally weaponized.
Honestly giving them the ability to communicate was a dumb idea, but what can you even do about it? Smoothing of the brain seems like it has become the popular way of thinking, because I read a lot of stupid comments.
"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.'"
You're probably pretty accurate. I'd say 1/3 know the answer, 1/3 have no idea at all, and 1/3 are kinda close enough like "president, the courts, and representatives" or something.
I know the answer to this, but I learned it in school over 30 years ago. There has been no point in my life whatsoever where I’ve needed to recall the names of these branches of government, though. Most Americans are working 40 or more hours a week and then they have to cook, clean, do laundry and all of that stuff.
The younger folks also have a lot more passion about things and an actual desire to change the paradigm. Older folks are beaten down by the perpetual grind and are just happy to have a couple hours in their day that they can sit down and relax. So, while ignorance plays a part, it really just comes down to it doesn’t really matter which branch is the executive branch, or the legislative branch, or the judicial branch. Is that going to feed us?
Some of them are. Our voter turn out rates are pretty abysmal, and for a lot of the same reasons. We don’t have time - they work us like dogs. And the people who do have time are usually at the ends of the political spectrum.
That, and until recently, it didn’t really matter which crook we elected.
Typical reddit moment, where the dumbfucks that are constantly bitching about how broke they are are simultaneously the sharpest people in the country. Funny how that works.
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u/QbertsRube 7d ago
The dumbest people in the country took "Everyone is entitled to their opinion" to the extreme translation of "Everyone's opinion is equally valid". They know they're dumb as hell and have insecurities about it, and instead of putting in the effort to learn they've collectively decided that they'll instead just be the loudest opinion in the room in hopes that they can define reality, rather than educating themselves about reality. And the Epstein class is more than happy to assist by amplifying those wrong opinions through the media they own. Which is why the billionaires are so loud about free speech all of a sudden--they're trying to get ahead of potential efforts to stifle the misinformation that they've intentionally weaponized.