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[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The goal should be to have less uninformed people overall by educating the population. But unfortunately the people in charge keep voting against funding education (and basically anything beneficial to society).

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

That is because it's beneficial to their bottom line.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Capitalism wants an uneducated voter base, we can import educated people for jobs