I'm noticing a lot of people taking "you should read more about this, here are some book recommendations" as insulting their intelligence.

This is relevant because most USians lack a political education.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    There's a reason why anti-intellectualism is such a prominent thing in the U.S.

    It's hard to fight and it makes people think they're smart for not learning about stuff

    Personally, this is why I kind of want to start up a media project about educating people but with a down-to-earth nature so it doesn't seem like they're being insulted

    You'll never break a dyed-in-the-wool reactionary type, but I can at least make some positive effort forwards

    (I mean, I consider my podcast, Talker, Rexas Wanger to be a positive effort, but it's not exactly educational)