• Skates@feddit.nl
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        It was getting in the way of people voting for the most populist person so they got rid of it. It’s now replaced with a combination of pavlovian reward system + “stay in line” reminders, so that voters can go for the simplest campaign promise (eg: make america great again), without struggling to understand if the ‘how’ can actually accomplish the ‘what’.

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        4 hours ago

        It was deliberately hampered to produce poorly educated people who are easier to swindle.

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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        The only motive for education that kids are taught is for their careers and income. Education for fun or self improvement or world improvement is considered a waste of time and looked down on. That’s why you get a bunch of economy obsessed fascists voting for an orange turd.

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      It’s just a once in a lifetime flood, bro! Sure, it’s the third one this year, but c’mon! It’s just normal seasonal cycles!

      /s

      • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        The hurricanes have become so frequent that they’re hardly even talked about any more. I’m like “guys it’s fucking November…”.