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FiveGoodMen

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12. Propagandists have caused this

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 01:27 PM

Apr 2019

It's not just laziness or complacency.

Preachers, hate-radio personalities, and GOP politicians (as well as their co-conspirators in the news business), have been preparing this for decades.

We will not solve anything until we address that.

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An under-educated television culture population [View all] SHRED Apr 2019 OP

+1000 Blue_Tires Apr 2019 #1

When we first attempted this democratic experiment, we were relatively better educated. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #2

I know very little about pop culture SHRED Apr 2019 #3

I'm still stuck in the 1960s. trev Apr 2019 #13

I miss it also SHRED Apr 2019 #16

When it was the white men who were educated? n/t cynatnite Apr 2019 #5

And voted. The men who thought up this system were far, far better able to understand it than 90% lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #6

Oh, yeah, we couldn't vote then and slave life sucked. Got it. n/t cynatnite Apr 2019 #8

The Electoral College was to allow the informed to override the masses bigbrother05 Apr 2019 #7

It takes time to educate and move political cultures. Politicians like Pelosi know this. empedocles Apr 2019 #4

Once upon a time the American labor force voted for Democrats. SMC22307 Apr 2019 #9

Yes, but until Johnson trev Apr 2019 #17

You're entirely skipping over Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt... SMC22307 Apr 2019 #18

True. Didn't think about that.... trev Apr 2019 #20

When TV first was available Ferryboat Apr 2019 #10

Think Roman Empire. roamer65 Apr 2019 #11

Propagandists have caused this FiveGoodMen Apr 2019 #12

Low-Information voters Books_Tea_Alone Apr 2019 #14

All lies and jests moondust Apr 2019 #15

I remember looking at an old test my dad had to take in 8th grade. It was definitely college level. monmouth4 Apr 2019 #19

Idiocracy n/t AwakeAtLast Apr 2019 #21