• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    The “People today are dumber than ever” is such an old tired trope. Every generation has said the same thing. Kids these days are stupider than we were, people today are just less educated, blah blah blah.

    If it were true then the entirety of humanity by now would be unable to function.

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      2 months ago

      I didn’t even entertain that argument, so I’m not sure why it would be relevant. Education being better today hardly matters for what I said.

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          2 months ago

          No it wasn’t.

          This is such a stupid take. 🤣

          Like there’s a shadowy cabal of hooded billionaires saying “the people have started to vote for Bernie Sanders - we must lobby to reduce education spending so that in 15-20 years people will make worse decisions” <evil laughter ensues>

          Our conversation began with your implication that a shadowy cabal is necessary for