Georgia's Democratic congressman David Scott has died at age 80. Scott was the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party.
The “People today are dumber than ever” is such an old tired trope. Every generation has said the same thing. Kids these days are stupider than we were, people today are just less educated, blah blah blah.
If it were true then the entirety of humanity by now would be unable to function.
Like there’s a shadowy cabal of hooded billionaires saying “the people have started to vote for Bernie Sanders - we must lobby to reduce education spending so that in 15-20 years people will make worse decisions” <evil laughter ensues>
Our conversation began with your implication that a shadowy cabal is necessary for…
The propaganda is effective, people are stupid, and education is intentionally poor to keep it that way.
…propaganda to be effective, people to be stupid, and education to be intentionally poor. Or rather, “to keep it that way.”
With “it” defined by:
No functioning democracy allows their representatives to sit for twelve terms.
Yet, propaganda is effective. Lots of people are susceptible to cheap lies, or “stupid” as the orginal comment put it. The education system doesnt contend that fact. Do you think that’s explained by nobody having ever thought about how we could improve the education system, but always coming up short on this mark?
The “People today are dumber than ever” is such an old tired trope. Every generation has said the same thing. Kids these days are stupider than we were, people today are just less educated, blah blah blah.
If it were true then the entirety of humanity by now would be unable to function.
I didn’t even entertain that argument, so I’m not sure why it would be relevant. Education being better today hardly matters for what I said.
Then I have no idea what you’re on about since that was the start of the entire conversation.
No it wasn’t.
Our conversation began with your implication that a shadowy cabal is necessary for…
…propaganda to be effective, people to be stupid, and education to be intentionally poor. Or rather, “to keep it that way.”
With “it” defined by:
Yet, propaganda is effective. Lots of people are susceptible to cheap lies, or “stupid” as the orginal comment put it. The education system doesnt contend that fact. Do you think that’s explained by nobody having ever thought about how we could improve the education system, but always coming up short on this mark?