Not true, ZK. The internet is just a tool. Depends how you use it.
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Well, of course. My point is that way more people than I expected ended up less informed rather than more informed.
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Just think about globalization of education and knowledge. Back after WWII, only kids in advanced countries had access to encyclopedias and libraries. Now, Indians in poor villages can become world citizens. In fact I have Indian neighbors who have advanced degrees thanks to globlization of education. My cleaning lady can FaceTime with her family in Cuba.
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There certainly are some people who are better informed than before. And that’s a great thing. But the fact is that propaganda is much easier to spread now. And millions and millions and millions of people fall for it.
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The problems with deplorables is that they see many cues that their status is waning, so they cling to backward culture and conspiracy theories. Instead of working hard to better themselves, they romanticize the mob (Trump) who would take care them.
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Agree. But if they didn’t have right-wing media pushing those conspiracy theories and helping them romanticize trump and convincing them that minorities and immigrants are to blame for their waning status, then I think they would be a lot more likely to see the truth.
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The deplorables choose to be ignorant. Don’t blame the media or the Internet. Blame the people who have access to knowledge but choose ignorance. ZK, please don’t be such a bleeding heart making excuses for the deplorables.
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Well, I don’t know if calling them brainwashed is making excuses for them. And that’s what I see. When I call them “idiots,” I mean it in that sense. But humans in general are idiots in that sense. Most humans are idiots in that sense. I don’t see them as being more susceptible to propaganda and brainwashing than other humans. But I do see them as being in a position right now where they’re particularly vulnerable to exactly the type of propaganda being spread by a vast and powerful machine.
What gives you the impression that the deplorables choose to be ignorant?
And what do you think their reasons are for making that choice?
