The stupidification of America

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Going to college does not make a person smart. Look at all the dumb mofos with degrees. They can’t even grasp the concept of how loans and interest work.

 

[feelosofer]

If you want to argue college costs way too much that's fair. But the elites want to downplay the importance of college because the end goal is to make it prohibitively expensive for common people to achieve. They want to make it essentially a 'social network' for the upwardly mobile further creating a divide between the haves and have nots.

 

[Gritsngravy]

I think it is absolutely critical that as many black people as possible obtain higher education

 

[Supa]

54% of American adults reading below a 6th grade level is more of an indication of stupidity than the views of higher education.

I guarantee that a lot of the movements we see now from MAGA to anti-vax are correlated to a lack of literacy. Go watch those videos with the left pressing MAGAts about tariffs. They had no idea how they work because they don't read well enough to take in information. Anti-vaxxers always said they're going to do their research. We know they were either bullshytting or just going to watch a YouTube video from someone confirming their bias. No way they'd be able to read a scientific explanation of how vaccines work and understand it.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Bingo!

Way too many college horror stories but we dont need to rehash that conversation @Rekkapryde

We do because....

As much as I hate my loans, the pursuit of a degree is still the best thing smokin.

this, and it's not an end all be all, but it matters

If you want to argue college costs way too much that's fair. But the elites want to downplay the importance of college because the end goal is to make it prohibitively expensive for common people to achieve. They want to make it essentially a 'social network' for the upwardly mobile further creating a divide between the haves and have nots.

umm hmmm

I think it is absolutely critical that as many black people as possible obtain higher education

100%

anytime you got the elites and cacs trying to downplay and make higher education unattainable for the masses (and especially nikkaz), that's a red flag. There's a reason they also didn't want our people to be able to vote and made it hard in places to do so pre civil rights movement. Not a coincidence both efforts are being brought back to forefront today.

college is an INVESTMENT, but you should always try to attain higher levels of education after college. they don't want you knowing any better and it's for a reason. That's why they LOVE the social media era. So easy to manipulate, fleece, grift, misdirect, and con the common man into fighting amongst themselves while they fukk over you and pick your pockets. Black people for the most part know the game, but there's a lot of cacs that won't figure it out until it's too late.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Education remains very important but the returns have drastically diminished in terms of job prospects so it becomes hard to make the financial investments and time investments without guarantees. Regardless education can't stop being important.

Look at this forum as an example. The members who get swept up in conspiracies and right wing media information portals have no critical thinking skills, it's not a coincidence. They never learned to verify their sources and think that information is harmless and it doesn't matter where they get it. Not only are they dull minded but also impressionable. Enter social media social engineering and AI. These smooth brained people become fertile ground for fukkery. They never learned how to protect their own minds.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Skill trade is the only way to survive in this country

That doesn’t guarantee anything either with the influx of cheap foreign labor. We somehow have Indian truck drivers now.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

I hear you but the vast majority of people opting out of higher education are not doing it for the reasons you highlighted

No… this is exactly why a lot are putting off college until later or may forego college altogether

 

[Supa]

We do because....

this, and it's not an end all be all, but it matters

umm hmmm

100%

anytime you got the elites and cacs trying to downplay and make higher education unattainable for the masses (and especially nikkaz), that's a red flag. There's a reason they also didn't want our people to be able to vote and made it hard in places to do so pre civil rights movement. Not a coincidence both efforts are being brought back to forefront today.

college is an INVESTMENT, but you should always try to attain higher levels of education after college. they don't want you knowing any better and it's for a reason. That's why they LOVE the social media era. So easy to manipulate, fleece, grift, misdirect, and con the common man into fighting amongst themselves while they fukk over you and pick your pockets. Black people for the most part know the game, but there's a lot of cacs that won't figure it out until it's too late.

For me college ended up being more about building my overall intelligence than finances. I don't work in the field I got my degree in but I wouldn't know what I know had I gone to a trade school or jumped straight into the work force. There's more to life than work.

Even the classes that I didn't enjoy like Philosophy or classes like anthropology I didn't go into with much interest still made me more well rounded intellectually.

There's a noticeable difference when I talk to adults with a degree vs people who only have a high school diploma. The conversations tend to be more limited topically or they have a limited world view. Unless that person is an avid reader who is into learning on their free time they tend to stop seeking information.

Even if it's community college I'd recommend getting higher education. High school doesn't teach you nearly enough.

 

[Jalether]

I beg to differ. I’d venture to say that the MAJORITY of people who can go to college and choose not to do it specifically because it’s too expensive and doing so hasn’t resulted in gainful employment or a career anywhere near that it used to.

I suppose it depends on where you look for the metrics but I can confidently say people aren’t choosing not to because of their politics.

I think the real reason is a combination of every gen z wanting to become a content creator due to the rise of social media and also the political landscape that's actively promoting anti education and anti intellectualism.

There are millions of white teenagers who are soaking up all the anti education anti college rhetoric thta they and their parents are consuming

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Or maybe college cost is increasing while income inequality also increases and having a college degree doesn't really guarantee you a good job after paying or owing a lot of money after the fact.

A very uneducated thing to say.

Knowledge/Information/Intellect is just as valuable as money.

What you do with it is on you.

 

[Jalether]

54% of American adults reading below a 6th grade level is more of an indication of stupidity than the views of higher education.

I guarantee that a lot of the movements we see now from MAGA to anti-vax are correlated to a lack of literacy. Go watch those videos with the left pressing MAGAts about tariffs. They had no idea how they work because they don't read well enough to take in information. Anti-vaxxers always said they're going to do their research. We know they were either bullshytting or just going to watch a YouTube video from someone confirming their bias. No way they'd be able to read a scientific explanation of how vaccines work and understand it.

And it's by design, trump famously said I love the poorly educated

 

[Rekkapryde]

For me college ended up being more about building my overall intelligence than finances. I don't work in the field I got my degree in but I wouldn't know what I know had I gone to a trade school or jumped straight into the work force. There's more to life than work.

Even the classes that I didn't enjoy like Philosophy or classes like anthropology I didn't go into with much interest still made me more well rounded intellectually.

There's a noticeable difference when I talk to adults with a degree vs people who only have a high school diploma. The conversations tend to be more limited topically or they have a limited world view. Unless that person is an avid reader who is into learning on their free time they tend to stop seeking information.

Even if it's community college I'd recommend getting higher education. High school doesn't teach you nearly enough.

100%

 

[Rekkapryde]

I think the real reason is a combination of every gen z wanting to become a content creator due to the rise of social media and also the political landscape that's actively promoting anti education and anti intellectualism.

There are millions of white teenagers who are soaking up all the anti education anti college rhetoric thta they and their parents are consuming

yup. and it's VERY dangerous.

all by design.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

A very uneducated thing to say.

Knowledge/Information/Intellect is just as valuable as money.

What you do with it is on you.

I was giving a take why college is less popular. Not telling people not to go.
People just don't have the means like they did in decades past.
And no knowledge isn't as valuable as money. Especially if it doesn't have a useful modern way to implement it to make $. Some knowledge is more valuable than others.