cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19738133
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2024
1193 points (99.1% liked)
Political Memes
5412 readers
3243 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It is really sad how many people would trust teachers in a classroom with guns but not books.
Not people generally.
Conservatives, specifically.
They are also trying to get rid of teachers. Eventually charter schools will just have a person in a classroom pressing play for a video and handing out papers. Grading and testing will be done through computers. A psych report will be made for each student to determine how to brainwash them further.
The video will be produced by Sinclair Media and even math will include a polemic about how awful socialism is and how great Trump is.
Frankly, I'm at the point where I'm starting to question if even that part:whole relationship is really applicable.
Don't get me wrong: I understand why it's a really bad thing to start dehumanizing your enemy, but WTF are you supposed to do when they jettison everything but venal hatred and sociopathy and thus dehumanize themselves?
You're supposed to understand that the vast majority of society are shallow idiots that've been misled by immersion in state-sponsored propaganda.
Then, engage the socialists and communists. They know what to do, why, and how. The last time we had the numbers for meaningful change was the late 1940s: Veterans of WW1 became armed socialists and communists which resulted in The New Deal.
Corporate personhood is what's made much of this incarnation possible. If you want to dehumanize something then focus on the root cause.
The pen is mightier.
Also, schools can't afford books. Giving every (or even a few) teachers guns would cost millions per school district. We have money for more guns but not computers and books