• BatrickPateman@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Up to a certain point or excluding certain topics I would argue:

    If more and more understand the short comings of any current system due to education I would assume there will a growing demand for change to get rid of the shortcomings. And thinking back of how the Hong Kong Situation was handled it looks more like a top-down “My way or no way!” ruling style I don’t see coping well with well educated citizens wanting change.

    Might be wrong though. Just a thought before my morning coffee.

    • enkers@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      I mean, “Let’s not educate people so they’re ignorant to how they’re being exploited, and we don’t want to have to beat them down” is certainly a take. I guess maybe you can see Cypher as the people’s hero if you squint hard enough.

      But in my opinion, the more people who understand the shortcomings of a system, the more pressure there will be to fix it, and that’s how progress happens. It’s slow and sometimes bloody, but the alternative is even worse.