• Catradora-Stalinism☭
      611·
      1 year ago

      That is true, but I don’t see democrats as much better. I see Political literacy as reflected in the pervasiveness and power of grassroot political movements. Something of which America has very little, or if they do exist, get quickly crushed and whitewashed by the politically illiterate (for example, BLM had lots of potential, but was desensitized into nonexistence).

      As well, Literacy in general should also be political literacy, since life and politics are inherently intertwined. Education is what has given us average folks the ability to do what was previously impossible, and move the world in ways that weren’t ever before imagined. An illiterate population is a manipulated population.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
        38·
        1 year ago

        Leftists are almost as stupid as MAGAs. They’re just not evil.

        We just have a massive crisis of stupidity going on, honestly.

        • Gabu@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          The “enlightened centrist” has arrived to show us his fence sitting skills.

          • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
            21·
            1 year ago

            Nah, lefties are fundamentally good people who want to help society. Lefties are 10,000% better than the nazi party and I’m a card-carrying Democrat.

            But yeah. Got a bad case of the dumb. “Why can’t Biden just give us health care? He’s so old and out of touch”. Not to mention the anarchist/communist “you can’t tell me what to do, MOM” types.

            And, a startlingly large part of the core democratic base is the Black and Latino vote who just vote whatever their pastor tells them to vote. We never really mention it but those blocs have no idea what’s happening in politics, and they are culturally conservative.