Dear editor,
Theory: In the mid- to late 1960s we would debate that because the government was making abortion and contraception difficult to obtain that the poor and/or less fortunate would produce more children and the more wealthy and/or intelligent would produce fewer children.
Here we are three generations later, the poor and/or less fortunate tend to be less progressive and less interested in the overall future. These people are more receptive to conspiracy theories and lies, the perfect group for the Republicans to prey on.
When polled, the Republicans are far less educated than Democrats, making them less interested in research and more vulnerable to false information.
"If you make people think, they will love you. If you really make them think, they will hate you."
Rick Hardy
Frankfort
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I'd be interested in knowing the provenance of this polling. I'm skeptical.
But regardless, these Republican voters we're quick to insult or denigrate? They're Americans, just like you and me. We need them to see themselves as voting for the good of the United States, not for the good of a political party. Hurling insults only makes people get on the defensive, which is not a way to persuade them to change any behavior.
Anyone with half a brain knows that Trump and his supporters aren’t real bright! But thanks for telling the truth. Those people think: “ My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge!”
The U.S. is ranked below the top ten most educated countries? And we are bewildered by the stupid people?
26th actually, depending on which source you use, just behind France and in front of Hungary. the disturbing thing is that the USA has a 21% rate of functional illiteracy.
The Internet allows these people to get connected and create an echo chamber to further “alternative facts”. They’re easy prey for conspiracy theories, Russian bots, all wrapped up in a pretty American flag package filled with sappy sentimentalism and patriotic platitudes. Bubba ain’t real hard to fool, vote against his own economic self interest, and continue to enable those who despise him, but I’ve convinced him that they are on his side. They say, pay no attention to your own lying eyes, believe what we tell you! And we have a whole infrastructure of fake news, and propaganda machine whirling about, selling! Always selling!
Qanon is but one of the fruits of this labor.
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