auriali — 3/21/2025, 1:01:08 AM

the fact he didn't spell “department” correctly when making a meme about shutting down the department of education shows almost perfectly why having a department of education is a good idea lmao

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esben:

It’s fine, because we still have the Departwomen of Education.

3/21/2025, 2:47:10 AM
mef:

in what reality is this a flex?? (referring to the image, not your post)

3/21/2025, 1:02:40 AM
auriali:

the modern right-wing see's “wokeness” (which much of the time is essentially things like race, gender, social justice issues) as the enemy and source of what is wrong with society, they believe the department of education teaches “woke” ideology and hence must be dismantled. It's a similar reason why many on the right see Putin's Russia as something to aspire too, they are Russia as “unwoke”, Putin has regularly criticised trans rights, LGBTQ+ issues, etc. so the right in many cases are happy to ignore that he's a dictator because they see him as a crusader against “wokeness”.

3/23/2025, 12:23:21 AM
mef:

ah

3/23/2025, 12:27:27 AM
jeffalo:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism

3/23/2025, 7:08:46 AM
mef:

ohhhhh yeah that’s a bit horrifying

3/23/2025, 3:23:28 PM
auriali:

yeah, an uneducated population is easier to lie too, hence why there is a spree of book bannings too sweeping the united states the last few years

3/23/2025, 11:32:59 PM