Does anyone else have to consistently remind themselves that critical thinking isn’t common?

[u/PlntHoe77]

I’m not even trying to be condescending But a lot of the times I catch myself getting irritated over ignorant comments or threads, or how someone can post something on social media that’s bigoted or straight up misinformation and it’ll get thousands of likes.

I used to argue with people on the internet (I don’t anymore) But has anyone else have this experience? I have to consistently remind myself that a lot of people are unfortunately simple minded and don’t think over things multiple times or in depth. I’m having a hard time understanding.

I just saw a twitter thread where people were saying that evil people don’t get karma because it’s not real/you never see them suffer.. And someone used slavery as an example because black people had to experience intergenerational (lasting) trauma while white people “never got anything” I don’t wanna bring politics here, but god.. Ignorance/lack of empathy is not bliss at all. If you’re obsessed with hurting and putting down an entire group of people for 400 years that must be stressful. It’s just kind of frustrating the type of things people think in the mainstream.

[u/rainywanderingclouds]

Your framing is off. Critical thinking is incredibly common. The actual issue is quality of critical thinking. People don't have effective critical thinking skills.

People lack reference points and knowledge. Knowledge inequality is also a problem, but it's by design to keep people ignorant so they can be exploited.

Many people become rich by keeping others uninformed.