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"Average Joe" thinks he knows more political science than people who went to school. Inadvertently demonstrates why it's so easy to manipulate the public into v
by 4fterd4rk 2y ago
"Average Joe" thinks he knows more political science than people who went to school. Inadvertently demonstrates why it's so easy to manipulate the public into voting against their own self interests while convincing them they're somehow smarter than the "elites", who are really just educated people trying to save them.
- AlexandrB 2y agoAs I get older, I grow increasingly weary of this kind of condescending rhetoric. As an example, where were these educated saviors when there were calls to "defund the police"? Most low-income neighbourhoods want more police presence[1], not less because crime hurts them personally and not just in an abstract way on some spreadsheet. You can't "save" someone without understanding what their day to day problems are. [1] https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2019-06-04/gallup-study-finds-low-income-chicagoans-want-more-police-support https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2019-06-04/gallu...