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The only way to fight deception is through education, and a certain political party within the U.S. has spent the last 40-50 years completely butchering the pub

by s5300 5y ago

The only way to fight deception is through education, and a certain political party within the U.S. has spent the last 40-50 years completely butchering the public education system to a point near beyond repair. Our last secretary of education was the heir to the most pervasive MLM pyramid scheme in the U.S., and is also part of a cult that believes a certain pre-determined number of cult members (very small percentage of them) go to heaven and every other human on Earth is condemned to eternal purgatory. Now, maybe call me a crazy bigot, but I don't exactly see how such a person might have strengthening our public school system as part of their best interests. MLM products don't buy themselves, you know.

hulitu 5y ago
The same happened in europe (bologna convention). The ruling class realized that education can make people ask questions and they fixed this.
cookiengineer 5y ago
I completely agree with you there. The thing is: We have the internet, the most influential technology to spread information and educate people that has ever been created. It's time to use it again like it was in the MIT OpenCourseWare kind of days, before deceivers got their platforms where they can "buy-in" their opinions. And I personally think that a Web Browser could be so much more than just a dumb tool to download things and forget about them afterwards. It could be an assistant, a teacher, a ledger, a librarian, a historian.
- tablespoon 5y ago
  > The thing is: We have the internet, the most influential technology to spread information and educate people that has ever been created. A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. The internet accelerates lies at least as much as the truth. I don't think the problem is education, it's a lack of strong shared commitments. It doesn't matter how clearly you explain something if the other party isn't interested in understanding it. I don't think that problem will be solved as long as all factions are more focused on defeating each other at all costs.
systemvoltage 5y ago
The recent progressives want to call Math is racist. So this goes both ways, they’re both destroying literacy.
- s5300 5y ago
  No, this is not a thing. I do not care what you saw in social media being talked about by 0.1% of the US populace. There is however a long recorded history of a significant amount of the Republican party attempting to insist that science is wrong/the devil and that faith in God is all one needs to make it through life in our modern world, whatever that's supposed to encompass.
  - systemvoltage 5y ago
    Agreed it’s not as bad but neutering Math education was up for vote in the state of California until they delayed - after hundreds of Math professors from Stanford and Berkeley wrote an open letter. I just think that it’s not as small as you think it is. Left wing identity politics is already being taught to kids today. I’m a Democrat but it’s getting harder for me to understand extreme left wing agenda.

by s5300 5y ago

hulitu 5y ago

The same happened in europe (bologna convention). The ruling class realized that education can make people ask questions and they fixed this.

cookiengineer 5y ago

I completely agree with you there. The thing is: We have the internet, the most influential technology to spread information and educate people that has ever been created. It's time to use it again like it was in the MIT OpenCourseWare kind of days, before deceivers got their platforms where they can "buy-in" their opinions. And I personally think that a Web Browser could be so much more than just a dumb tool to download things and forget about them afterwards. It could be an assistant, a teacher, a ledger, a librarian, a historian.

tablespoon 5y ago
> The thing is: We have the internet, the most influential technology to spread information and educate people that has ever been created. A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. The internet accelerates lies at least as much as the truth. I don't think the problem is education, it's a lack of strong shared commitments. It doesn't matter how clearly you explain something if the other party isn't interested in understanding it. I don't think that problem will be solved as long as all factions are more focused on defeating each other at all costs.

systemvoltage 5y ago

The recent progressives want to call Math is racist. So this goes both ways, they’re both destroying literacy.

s5300 5y ago
No, this is not a thing. I do not care what you saw in social media being talked about by 0.1% of the US populace. There is however a long recorded history of a significant amount of the Republican party attempting to insist that science is wrong/the devil and that faith in God is all one needs to make it through life in our modern world, whatever that's supposed to encompass.
- systemvoltage 5y ago
  Agreed it’s not as bad but neutering Math education was up for vote in the state of California until they delayed - after hundreds of Math professors from Stanford and Berkeley wrote an open letter. I just think that it’s not as small as you think it is. Left wing identity politics is already being taught to kids today. I’m a Democrat but it’s getting harder for me to understand extreme left wing agenda.