Zev@beehaw.org to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoThe Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Securetime.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarequickhatch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year ago“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
minus-squareArtZuron@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoWhich explains why education funds are pretty much always gutted by certain groups in the US.
minus-squarePixel@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoEasier to keep people scared when you don’t let them learn about what they’re afraid of in the first place
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”
Which explains why education funds are pretty much always gutted by certain groups in the US.
Easier to keep people scared when you don’t let them learn about what they’re afraid of in the first place