Unfortunately, I fear that so many have been lied to for so long, that it will require more than just putting the truth out there. There needs to be people to connect the dots for others. And it will need to be explained over and over again. The population has been dumbed down for decades by the education machine and then lied to and ma…
Unfortunately, I fear that so many have been lied to for so long, that it will require more than just putting the truth out there. There needs to be people to connect the dots for others. And it will need to be explained over and over again. The population has been dumbed down for decades by the education machine and then lied to and manipulated by their leaders and media, the general population no longer recognizes the truth.
Patrice, you make a good point, and while it’s true that our population has been dumbed down and lied to - I’m not ready to trust a social media platform to be the arbiter of truth.
I think it’s not dumb in terms of raw or potential intelligence so much as an unwillingness to take responsibility for thinking of one’s own ideas and intellectual laziness relying on other people (“experts”) to think for you. People want to let others make their decisions for them because otherwise “it’s too hard.” 🙄
Well, thinking requires that you exercise logic and reasoning tools. Those tools were taken out of the schools many, many years ago...and if you don't use, it you lose it.
Unfortunately, I fear that so many have been lied to for so long, that it will require more than just putting the truth out there. There needs to be people to connect the dots for others. And it will need to be explained over and over again. The population has been dumbed down for decades by the education machine and then lied to and manipulated by their leaders and media, the general population no longer recognizes the truth.
That is SO true. As I wander the internet I often despair at the IDIOCY I encounter. It's deeply depressing to contemplate.
As George Carlin once said, "Think of how stupid the average person is. And then realize that half of them are worse."
Even more - since Carlin made this observation decades ago, the level of the man-in-the-street's knowledge has fallen off a cliff.
So true. "I never believe anything the government tells me." Is another of my favorite Carlin quotes.
I have friends that will refuse to believe the actual facts….
Oh yes, there are lots of those folks out there. Fauci himself could tell them the truth and they would refuse to believe it.
Patrice, you make a good point, and while it’s true that our population has been dumbed down and lied to - I’m not ready to trust a social media platform to be the arbiter of truth.
Absolutely!
I think it’s not dumb in terms of raw or potential intelligence so much as an unwillingness to take responsibility for thinking of one’s own ideas and intellectual laziness relying on other people (“experts”) to think for you. People want to let others make their decisions for them because otherwise “it’s too hard.” 🙄
Well, thinking requires that you exercise logic and reasoning tools. Those tools were taken out of the schools many, many years ago...and if you don't use, it you lose it.
Yes, and some can’t even lose it because they never had it in the first place (the ability to use logic and reason).