• modifier@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Across social, economic, and political spectra, you can always tell the good guys from the bad guys by their stance on access to knowledge.

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        10 months ago

        Ffffuck that’s depressing.

        I don’t even have kids. I’m actually pretty against having them in general. But education is an existential requirement to a functioning democracy, and even a basic education is so broadening.

        The only reason to want people ignorant is if you’re trying to swindle them, which honestly benefits no one in the long run.

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          10 months ago

          Not even democracy per se; it’s a basic requirement for a society that functions at more than a medieval level.

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        10 months ago

        Complains without solutions and distrusts legitimate experts, with a dash of “fuck other people.” So you’re just saying your FIL is a typical Republican.