Comment on How come people are stupid nowadays? Especially on social media
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Tribalism. We care more about being accepted by our desired peers than being correct. At least, that’s what articles and podcasts have told me. Also, stupid. Weaken education and make people stupid and unable to think critically. Do you think Ted Cruz (Harvard) was complaining about the Paris Accord because he genuinely didn’t know that it wasn’t Paris-only? His voters are goddamned morons and he knows it. The contempt is sickening, but they see none of it.
AskewLord@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Bingo. This is also how you get smart people to act stupid, with social pressure. Nobody wants to be the person who is the outlier in a group, and often their outlying behaving won’t get them rewarded or celebrated, even if they are correct and the group is wrong, they will simple be ejected from the group and the group will never admit fault.