MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoRubio condemns German intelligence’s decision to classify far-right party AfD as extremistwww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1471arrow-down116 cross-posted to: HybridWarLost@lemm.ee
arrow-up1455arrow-down1external-linkRubio condemns German intelligence’s decision to classify far-right party AfD as extremistwww.politico.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square82linkfedilink cross-posted to: HybridWarLost@lemm.ee
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·2 days ago Democracy can’t survive if the voting base is too ignorant misinformed to choose its leaders. People not knowing enough IS bad for democracy, but the fact that they “know” so many objectively false and harmful things is MUCH worse.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoEducation allows you to reason about what you’re being told and filter out a lot of the bad stuff. It’s not perfect, but it helps you spot egregious “facts” and label the speaker appropriately as untrustworthy.
People not knowing enough IS bad for democracy, but the fact that they “know” so many objectively false and harmful things is MUCH worse.
Education allows you to reason about what you’re being told and filter out a lot of the bad stuff. It’s not perfect, but it helps you spot egregious “facts” and label the speaker appropriately as untrustworthy.