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> For a country which is meant to be one of the smartest out there Seems their propaganda works just fine if that's a commonly held belief :)
by diggan 2y ago
> For a country which is meant to be one of the smartest out there
Seems their propaganda works just fine if that's a commonly held belief :)
- tehjoker 2y agoYea, US propaganda is the same way. It's not subtle, it's just so many people are onboard with it they don't really care.
- WhackyIdeas 2y agoMaybe that is just the dregs of a time when they used to be half decent at propaganda ;) I take it back. They are smart with their hacking and that’s where it ends.
- jajko 2y ago> They are smart with their hacking and that’s where it ends So are often russians, or chinese. Maybe the concentration is on another level, they are a tiny country but highly educated for generations. I'd bet if we properly educated and developed whole world we would discover Einsteins and Bolts in many many places out there. Ie elite athletes often come from places around where they could do sport, ie mountaineers but also many others.
- some-guy 2y agoMy wife lived in Israel on and off for years, I got to visit her for awhile during her dissertation work in the West Bank. Only a few blocks of Tel Aviv deserve the "modern Middle Eastern country" label in my mind. And even then it wasn't nearly as impressive as I thought. Haifa is a lovely town though :)
- nemo44x 2y ago[flagged]
- FireBeyond 2y agoI'm going to flag this as some weird eugenics BS. "Average IQ of 83" ... so the average person is "borderline mentally disabled"?
- nemo44x 2y ago[flagged]
- WhackyIdeas 2y agoYeah, it kind of reminded me of the garbage my old mate and his girlfriend used to spout when I was friends with them - ‘black people have low IQ’ crap. One of the reasons I avoid making friends - I have always attracted nutters.