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I send this post to as many people as I can so they can fully understand exactly the question you asked.. here are your reps… amongst the 38% of elected officials in this country that do not run unopposed…. And the ones that do have opponents, gerrymander the district so bad that real change isn't possible. They operate with a 15% approval rate, and an 85% reincumbent reelection rate. The post will be informative and if we start talking about this.. all of us. Americans will Unite over the unfairness and hypocrisy of this system
https://uncomfortable.rxansmithmedia.com/p/the-house-always-wins-you-do-not
Democracy’s Silent Killer: Why Division Isn’t the Real Problem
https://uncomfortable.rxansmithmedia.com/p/negative-partisanship-destruction-of-democracy
Poor education creates MALLEABLE MASSES!
This article is from 2014 and things have only gotten worse:
The cult of ignorance in the United States: Anti-intellectualism and the "dumbing down" of America
excerpts:
There has been a long tradition of anti-intellectualism in America, unlike most other Western countries. Richard Hofstadter, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his book, Anti-Intellectualism In American Life, describes how the vast underlying foundations of anti-elite, anti-reason and anti-science have been infused into America's political and social fabric. Famous science fiction writer Isaac Asimov once said:
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Mark Bauerlein, in his book, The Dumbest Generation, reveals how a whole generation of youth is being dumbed down by their aversion to reading anything of substance and their addiction to digital "crap" via social media.
Part of the reason for the rising anti-intellectualism can be found in the declining state of education in the U.S. compared to other advanced countries:
After leading the world for decades in 25-34 year olds with university degrees, the U.S. is now in 12th place. The World Economic Forum ranked the U.S. at 52nd among 139 nations in the quality of its university math and science instruction in 2010. Nearly 50% of all graduate students in the sciences in the U.S. are foreigners, most of whom are returning to their home countries;
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs commissioned a civic education poll among public school students. A surprising 77% didn't know that George Washington was the first President; couldn't name Thomas Jefferson as the author of the Declaration of Independence; and only 2.8% of the students actually passed the citizenship test. Along similar lines, the Goldwater Institute of Phoenix did the same survey and only 3.5% of students passed the civics test;
According to the National Research Council report, only 28% of high school science teachers consistently follow the National Research Council guidelines on teaching evolution, and 13% of those teachers explicitly advocate creationism or "intelligent design;"
18% of Americans still believe that the sun revolves around the earth, according to a Gallup poll;
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities report on education shows that the U.S. ranks second among all nations in the proportion of the population aged 35-64 with a college degree, but 19th in the percentage of those aged 25-34 with an associate or high school diploma, which means that for the first time, the educational attainment of young people will be lower than their parents;
74% of Republicans in the U.S. Senate and 53% in the House of Representatives deny the validity of climate change despite the findings of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and every other significant scientific organization in the world;
According to the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 68% of public school children in the U.S. do not read proficiently by the time they finish third grade. And the U.S. News & World reported that barely 50% of students are ready for college level reading when they graduate;
According to a 2006 survey by National Geographic-Roper, nearly half of Americans between ages 18 and 24 do not think it necessary to know the location of other countries in which important news is being made. More than a third consider it "not at all important" to know a foreign language, and only 14 percent consider it "very important;"
According to the National Endowment for the Arts report in 1982, 82% of college graduates read novels or poems for pleasure; two decades later only 67% did. And more than 40% of Americans under 44 did not read a single book--fiction or nonfiction--over the course of a year. The proportion of 17 year olds who read nothing (unless required by school ) has doubled between 1984-2004;
Gallup released a poll indicating 42 percent of Americans still believe God created human beings in their present form less than 10,000 years ago;
A 2008 University of Texas study found that 25 percent of public school biology teachers believe that humans and dinosaurs inhabited the earth simultaneously.
In American schools, the culture exalts the athlete and good-looking cheerleader. Well-educated and intellectual students are commonly referred to in public schools and the media as "nerds," "dweebs," "dorks," and "geeks," and are relentlessly harassed and even assaulted by the more popular "jocks" for openly displaying any intellect. These anti-intellectual attitudes are not reflected in students in most European or Asian countries, whose educational levels have now equaled and and will surpass that of the U.S. And most TV shows or movies such as The Big Bang Theory depict intellectuals as being geeks if not effeminate.
John W. Traphagan, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas, argues the problem is that Asian countries have core cultural values that are more akin to a cult of intelligence and education than a cult of ignorance and anti-intellectualism. In Japan, for example, teachers are held in high esteem and normally viewed as among the most important members of a community. There is suspicion and even disdain for the work of teachers that occurs in the U.S. Teachers in Japan typically are paid significantly more than their peers in the U.S. The profession of teaching is one that is seen as being of central value in Japanese society and those who choose that profession are well compensated in terms of salary, pension, and respect for their knowledge and their efforts on behalf of children.
In addition, we do not see in Japan significant numbers of the types of religious schools that are designed to shield children from knowledge about basic tenets of science and accepted understandings of history - such as evolutionary theory or the religious views of the Founding Fathers, who were largely deists - which are essential to having a fundamental understanding of the world, Traphagan contends. The reason for this is because in general Japanese value education, value the work of intellectuals, and see a well-educated public with a basic common knowledge in areas of scientific fact, math, history, literature, etc. as being an essential foundation to a successful democracy.
We're creating a world of dummies. Angry dummies who feel they have the right, the authority and the need not only to comment on everything, but to make sure their voice is heard above the rest, and to drag down any opposing views through personal attacks, loud repetition and confrontation.
Bill Keller, writing in the New York Times argues that the anti-intellectual elitism is not an elitism of wisdom, education, experience or knowledge. The new elite are the angry social media posters, those who can shout loudest and more often, a clique of bullies and malcontents baying together like dogs cornering a fox. Too often it's a combined elite of the anti-intellectuals and the conspiracy followers - not those who can voice the most cogent, most coherent response. Together they foment a rabid culture of anti-rationalism where every fact is suspect; every shadow holds a secret conspiracy. Rational thought is the enemy. Critical thinking is the devil's tool.
https://www.sott.net/article/313177-The-cult-of-ignorance-in-the-United-States-Anti-intellectualism-and-the-dumbing-down-of-America
JOHN DEAN wrote this is 2017:
Altemeyer on Trump’s Supporters
7 Jul 2017 John Dean
excerpt:
We know enough about authoritarian supporters from research, and history, to know it will be very hard to change their minds about the leader they adore.
They are extremely ethnocentric, dividing the world sharply into people in their in-group, and automatically disliking all others. They feel politicians who promote minority rights and immigration discriminate against them. Donald Trump tells them they are right. He is their champion.
They are highly dogmatic. They get their ideas from others in the in-group, especially from their leader, not from evidence and logic. They say there is no evidence that will make them change their minds. They’re quite comfortable believing “alternate facts.”
They get great satisfaction from being part of a large movement. Being in a cohesive crowd at rallies thrills them because they silently tell one another, just by being there, that they are powerful and right. They create an echo chamber that reinforces the belief that all the good people think like they do.
They severely limit their sources of information. They get the news that they want to get. This also produces an echo chamber when the news sources they trust are copying each other and relaying Trump’s message.
They have highly compartmentalized minds. When an unpleasant truth forces its way into their awareness, they do not try to integrate the other things they believe with it. Instead they put it in a box and isolate it from the rest of their thinking, which proceeds as if the truth never existed.
Put all this together and you get an idea how hard it will be to change their minds about Donald Trump.
https://verdict.justia.com/2017/07/07/altemeyer-trumps-supporters
THE NEW REPUBLIC published this article:
Trump Voter Says He Gets Now How Hitler Could “Brainwash” Millions
The man, who said he voted for Donald Trump three times, called the president a “liar” and a “con man.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/210557/donald-trump-voter-gets-how-hitler-brainwash-millions?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily&vgo_ee=3Ssdb1mq2%2Bg31m6m8P5g13gBRdW9Ef7NsCi61dU5z9M%3D%3A7Yl52mRZNF%2FSKx4RDkyD7EFnskNx7Mnu
Jimmy Breslin and the New York Daily News could not have written more about the SNAKE OIL SALESMAN that Donald Trump was and is, as well as highlighting his mentor, ROY COHN.
More recently, PROJECT 2025 was widely circulated and ignored by most. That's not negative partisanship!
The authors of various segments of PROJECT 2025 are in office implementing their proposals.
More worrisome is having DEMENTIA DON in office with no single ADULT in the room to propose sanity.
EXPLODING POWER PLANTS SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT'S BEING IGNORED! Where are our experienced intelligence experts? FIRED!
Oh I remember that post well and I remember the relationship with the lawyer he idolized Roy Cohn... And I know that's not negative partisanship I'm just saying that it distracts from understanding things like this and project 2025. I wrote about Victor Orban and how he installed a system so corrupt that it's designed to allow him to maintain power regardless of Elections because of the people installed within the power the power structure.
If I recall correctly Roy Cohen represented Trump in that case about racism in his renting as a young man in an apartment building and basically he lost the lawsuit but they fought the case in the media and just denied denied denied denied denied and he made Trump realize that you could do this and capture the public opinion no matter what because they'll believe it
Trump destroyed the evidence - rental applications etc.
ROY COHN prosecuted JULIUS and ETHEL Rosenberg. There have been questions raised about the case. He was involved with Joseph McCarthy's COMMUNIST WITCH HUNT.
40 Facts About Roy Marcus Cohn
excerpt:
He gained a reputation as a ruthless prosecutor for his role in the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in 1951 and executed in 1953.
Cohn’s examination of Ethel Rosenberg’s brother, David Greenglass, was crucial in securing the couple’s convictions. Greenglass later admitted he had lied under oath at Cohn’s inducement.
Notably, Cohn defended Donald Trump and his father, Fred Trump, against charges of racial discrimination in their apartment rentals in 1973. This case marked the beginning of a long-term relationship between Cohn and Trump.
https://facts.net/history/people/40-facts-about-roy-marcus-cohn/
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