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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Kinda? I figured that there's some portion of the population that's not smart - bell-curve statistical distribution and all that. But I always thought that the problem was education, or rather, access to a good^1^ education and all the socio-economic and political boundaries around that.

To be blunt: modest to insanely powerful people have something invested in keeping such barriers high, and it's worrysome.

  1. Good = a program that teaches critical thinking and has access to liberal arts, trades, traditional arts, libraries, and information technology.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

To be blunt: modest to insanely powerful people have something invested in keeping such barriers high, and it's worrysome.

cheaper workers tend to be less intelligent, ergo: prevent children from being expensive by preventing them becoming intelligent see:"a brave new world"