Really a stagnation of public education over 30-40 years. We aren't getting out of this shit show. We are too dumb and we are just getting dumber given policies and support programs for the working class going away. Adult literacy in the United States has generally improved overtime, but it's actually declining in recent history.
Couple that with a dumb, fanatically racist and sexist culture along with social media propaganda and psyop efforts and we are doubly fucked. Especially since we aren't doing anything to address misinformation and foreign interference in our election process. In fact the GOP has embraced misinformation and propaganda psyops because it's what gets them elected.
Then you have the apathy, which really is the reason Trump won. If Democrats voted with the same numbers as they did to elect Biden, Harris would have won.
We have slipped on the slippery slope. The only way to really stop it was to impeach and remove Trump from office the very first time for coordinating with Russia to help get him elected. This is the downfall.
Oh for sure, which I called out as well. I mean MAGA cultural movement really started with nationalism from 9/11, racist backlash from Obama being so successful, anti intellectual cultural movement, and shitty public primary education.
Each of those things can feed back into the other, but the primary cause is primary education stagnation in the richest country in the world. Education combats all of these things.
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u/Beneficial-Sound-199 1d ago
I laughed so hard I scared the dog.
HOW? how do people believe this? I mean, seriously did they just break the knob off on the old black-and-white on the Fox channel?