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One thing to remember is a lot of these people would need literal cult deprogramming, which while possible, is not likely in their cases because... who's going to do it? Why would they bother to sit through it?
This would be 'intervention' levels of requirement, so there are some people who are, for all practical purposes, out of reach.
I totally agree. I don’t think adults should be without education programs if I’m being honest. Businesses usually prefer cert programs which require continuing education to prove historical and continual knowledge, why not do this with adults? I think the media could easily do this if they were somehow incentivized to broadcast more educational material in a relatable way to adults.
Knowledge it power, why are we stopping/hindering adults from continually growing? I see 4 day work weeks work so well elsewhere - that’s another thing. Idk man, the planets burning too.. we have so many problems facing us ahead I just wanna make sure I can do what I can
Often it's intentional. The Republican party in the US is notorious for this, the insistence they keep their constituents ignorant (and let's be clear, there are far more people who are ignorant than stupid in this situation.)
Here in Canada there's a very strong 'anti-science' theme coming from the Right that has caught on. Often Conservative voters, when asked about policy, completely agree with, say the NDP or Liberal platform, but not when they hear the party name.
It's been shown time and again that people who vote conservatively are more easily swayed with fake news/obfuscation/Russian garbage, so as a society we have to be extra vigilant of it.