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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoThe problem isn’t that they don’t know things. It’s that they don’t care.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoIt’s both. It’s fully and completely both. They don’t know sh*t because they don’t care, nor have to.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoI’m… not sure if malicious is the right word, at least for the followers. It’s more like they’re living proof of Hanlon’s razor. The followers are literally too stupid to understand.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•1 year agoThey don’t want to, it’s weaponised wilful ignorance.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoI’m not so sure. Their minds are literally too small to understand societal issues.
The problem isn’t that they don’t know things. It’s that they don’t care.
It’s both. It’s fully and completely both. They don’t know sh*t because they don’t care, nor have to.
Malicious ignorance.
I’m… not sure if malicious is the right word, at least for the followers. It’s more like they’re living proof of Hanlon’s razor. The followers are literally too stupid to understand.
They don’t want to, it’s weaponised wilful ignorance.
I’m not so sure. Their minds are literally too small to understand societal issues.