You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
0 points

I am aware of how manipulation of morons works.

My question was when do you consider dangerous useful idiots as actually dangerous?

permalink
report
parent
reply
0 points

Simple: when someone decides to put them in charge. Before then, they are simply “folk”, and since intelligence is to a large degree domain-specific (in contrast to attitudes such as wisdom, the willingness to learn from mistakes, either made by oneself or others), someone could be perfectly happy, willing, and capable of e.g. oh let’s say running a farm, or doing a minimum wage job such as working at a fast-food restaurant. But that does not necessarily translate well into “citizenship” i.e. voting (+ other things too, but that is the main, minimum-entry one), which requires a level of education in the complex matters of economic policy, foreign affairs, or hrm… I dunno, maybe starting with the ability to simply name the 3 main branches of government?

It is dangerous for them to vote yes, but they do not know that. Would you ask your dog to fly? Or your car to “do more with less” as in go a greater distance with less gasoline?

i.e., don’t hate the playa, especially instead of working to change the game.

permalink
report
parent
reply

The Onion

!theonion@midwest.social

Create post

The Onion

A place to share and discuss stories from The Onion, Clickhole, and other satire.

Great Satire Writing:

Community stats

  • 5.7K

    Monthly active users

  • 1K

    Posts

  • 14K

    Comments