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How do you get it through people's heads that you're not calling them unintelligent, youre calling them uneducated on a particular subject? (hexbear.net)
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I'm noticing a lot of people taking "you should read more about this, here are some book recommendations" as insulting their intelligence.

This is relevant because most USians lack a political education.

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[โ€“] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One circle I'm trying to square (square I'm trying to circle? Concept I'm trying to reconcile) is that every revolution in history has been comprised of largely uneducated, illiterate masses. But the forms of illiteracy and ignorance we see in the US at least seem insurmountably backward/reactionary.

There is a difference between being uneducated and miseducated. People in the US are much more miseducated than the semi-feudal peasantries that were the popular basis of revolutions in the past.

[โ€“] FanonFan@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Good point. I wonder if the breakdown of trust in institutions will change this dynamic, or if it will just be a constant churn of faux "counter" information sources arising to fill the void. A party with resources and local presence could become a key source of counternarratives and agitprop.