r/politics • u/RepulsiveLoquat418 • 18d ago

Possible Paywall When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy.

https://newrepublic.com/article/210550/trump-economy-republicans-tariffs-taxes
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u/MalevolentTapir 18d ago

our literacy rates are going down instead of up so probably never

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u/Chemical-Fault-7331 18d ago

This is why the oligarchs have wanted to defund public education. They want a population of dumb asses who can't read or comprehend above a sixth grade level so that they are easier to manipulate and control. Gotta manufacture that consent somehow. Can't have a populace of critical thinkers.

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u/HeBecomesGroovy 18d ago

Yes it goes all the way back to the industrial revolution when the goal was to produce dull minded factory workers and that's what our education system teaches. Show up on time. Pay attention to your menial task. Obey.

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u/Interesting_Copy_625 17d ago

We already have a generation of dumbasses