Ignorance is not what makes people endorse fascism. It's disinformation. It's emotional manipulation. It's conservatism, as a worldview. There's a lot of really smart people who are gleefully participating in this ongoing atrocity. They have college degrees. They didn't get them from places run by Nazis. They didn't grow up blissfully unaware of World War II. If you explain to them, in detail, that this is what fascism is, and what they're doing is what Nazis were hanged for, they would simply generate excuses for how this is different and nuh uh and it's your fault.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 12 points 14 hours ago

I like to think that good education can help make people resistant to the emotional siren call of fascism and other "my in-group is best fuck you" problems.

[–] DogOnKeyboard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

But isn’t that the real problem? School shouldn’t train you to be a mindless follower who simply obeys orders and consumes endlessly. That mindset is exactly what got us into this situation in the first place.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

'School alone won't fix this.'

'So it's school's fault?'

Jesus, people.

[–] skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Yep. Plenty of brilliant engineers working for Boston Dynamics or Lockheed just gleefully developing killbots and weapon systems almost solely because it is cutting edge tech and all that matters to them is the question of “can?” and never “should?” It’s probably the only real kind of ‘autism’ that anyone should really be afraid of, not whatever bs RFK Jr is spouting.