2026-07-29 06:35 UTC
@tartley@fosstodon.org @emersunn@beige.party
Everyone starts out ignorant, of course.
The problem I have is with people who choose to remain so.
Even worse are the ones who work actively to keep others ignorant for their own ends.
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@emersunn@beige.party 2026-07-29 18:32
@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party @tartley@fosstodon.org They don’t “choose” to be ignorant, everything from childhood textbooks to modern billboards have _conditioned_ them to accept what they are told. The real tragedy is that they are now so afraid of an open mind, they demonize people who question their worldview. Nowadays critical thinking and empathy are a dangerous virus to be avoided. Unfortunately this conditioning doesn’t exclude the well educated.