MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoRubio condemns German intelligence’s decision to classify far-right party AfD as extremistwww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down111
arrow-up1413arrow-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-21 day agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·24 hours 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-up2·17 hours 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.