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by happytoexplain
340 days ago
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This is unrealistic and dangerous. The "lacking critical thinking skills" is the liberal version of the conservative's "lazy" accusation. I.e. it's used as a scapegoat that downplays human nature by characterizing a problem as a personal fault that needs not be respected because either: 1. It's your fault, so why should I care (the conservative opinion); or 2. Should simply be fixed, with education (the liberal opinion). Both are un-pragmatic and harm society by implying we can simply alter or ignore the average person, who is the victim of the problem, rather than address the problem directly. As a reminder, the average person is what civilization is composed of. |
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No, it's not. Lacking critical thinking skills is a real thing. Just because you pointed out it can be used as an insult by a political party doesn't invalidate the entire concept.
Now THAT is unrealistic and dangerous.