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I think blaming CHUD fascism on poor education is just cope (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Most CHUDs didn't go to underfunded intercity schools with moldy textbooks. They went to well funded suburban middle class schools which, yeah are still US public schools, but still provide better educational opportunities than what most people in the world have.

CHUD aren't fascists because their social studies teacher was underpaid, they're fascists because fascism speaks to them and their values. They are fascists at the end of the day because they like being fascists.

And further more, unless you embrace full hard determinism, you have to view these people as culpable to some extend for the awful politics they support. Yeah, none are immune to propaganda, we are shaped by are culture yadda yadda. But I have to think humans have some capacity of will to rise above their social conditioning, if they're willing didn't society would never evolve or change for the better.

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[–] ThermonuclearHoxha@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

I made it clear I still recognize social forces, I just think humans still have enough agency they have SOME culpability in the politics they embrace, especially if we're talking people going full blown fash.

Like you said in the OP, it's very clearly both. Brainworms imposed by propaganda are certainly a part of the problem, but they're no excuse for supporting genocide.