...we're gonna have to re-evaluate old concepts of free speech and democracy.
Everyone's on anti depressants/sleepers/speed, the chuds are blasting testosterone out their ears until they stroke, weed is everywhere and as potent as heroin.
Add the perfect dopamine delivery system, a political internet economy modeled on the addictive technology of vegas slot machines.
It's gonna have an effect on the national psyche.
Is it a partial explanation for Q?
Shout out to the divorced, biker, small business tyrant, dad...caught with test injectables and thc edibles, and guns, after the Capitol. Just the only man for the moment.
edit: gotta step away for now. will come back to this. Feels like this post was misunderstood, or I just didn't make enough sense. Hope it won't make things awkward when i slide into selected PMs asking for a plug 😀
I literally said that in the OP......Plummeting education levels.
Don't think I made any value judgements, just observations on the side effects.
didn't see it when I checked back? but my browser is being weird so who knows.
It's in the title.
whoops.
felt a little attacked...ngl ...that capitalization had me up against the wall lol
I mean, blaming drugs and the poeple who do them is exactly what the oligarchs want you to do. it's part of the strategy of occluding the underlying problems.
Who provides the testosterone, opiods and the rest, if not the oligarchs? Again, no blame or value judgements I hope, just observations. I can't be throwing stones in this greenhouse.
they provide them so that we blame the people who do them for the problems caused by the oligarchs. it's the crafting of scapegoats.
Highscool completion rates raised from 34.3% in 1950 to 90.1% in 2019. Bachelor's or higher rates raised from 6.2% in 1950 to 36% in 2019.
Source
I would posit that between 1950/2019 the syllabus and teaching methods have been purged of even the most milquetoast progressive concepts and ideas, the humanities (politics, history, literature) have been made optional and marginalised, and people can graduate college without having taken a module outside their narrow technical training.
Critical thinking is not taught.
Religious schools and colleges are everywhere and what they sell is legitimized.
That's what I mean by plummeting education levels.