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GreenWave

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42. And it starts with brainwashing children.

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:50 AM

Mar 2025

Scare them with eternal fire, a primordial fear. Offer them candy at another point in the year.(Easter) And Christmas gifts are for "good"' kids (Bad ones live in poverty, you see.).

And do not allow comparative religions to be taught by anthropologists. etc. who may question how one decides intelligently which religion, if any, to follow.
I used to watch the atheist channel on ROKU. The plug in with all the channels, not the app. It was amazing to see how many commandments there are in just one religion. (Far more than 10)

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How Did Americans Lose Critical Thinking [View all] gab13by13 Mar 2025 OP

Not if it's prefaced by some inanity EYESORE 9001 Mar 2025 #1

the signs were there for years? I mean, who is driving teslers, or shopping at walmart Nimble_Idea Mar 2025 #2

Wait a minute... Gimpyknee Mar 2025 #31

Not sure if it has ever been fully practiced. cachukis Mar 2025 #3

My grandson has been involved gab13by13 Mar 2025 #6

Of course and you should be very proud. cachukis Mar 2025 #10

I coached my daughter's team back in the day bif Mar 2025 #11

Same way Germans did during WWII SocialDemocrat61 Mar 2025 #4

THIS hadEnuf Mar 2025 #32

It's been a long time coming Bettie Mar 2025 #5

That's what I think also. gab13by13 Mar 2025 #7

Tribalism Sympthsical Mar 2025 #8

Nice post gab13by13 Mar 2025 #12

I still read almost every single day Sympthsical Mar 2025 #18

Fox 🦊 News LessAspin Mar 2025 #9

Nailed it bif Mar 2025 #13

Americans didn't have critical thinking skills before Fox Kaleva Mar 2025 #15

Is there evidence that Americans ever had it? Kaleva Mar 2025 #14

It's amazing how critical thinking is always related to EdmondDantes_ Mar 2025 #40

I was just thinking about this last night Johnny2X2X Mar 2025 #16

I think a look at one religion goes a long way toward answering your question: Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #17

Yep. If you believe that shit, you'll believe pretty much anything . . . . hatrack Mar 2025 #20

And there is a built in indoctrination mechanism in these increasingly popular high-demand congregations. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #23

And it starts with brainwashing children. GreenWave Mar 2025 #42

Social Media. nt. William769 Mar 2025 #19

A way to shorten everyone's attention spans, and to make concentration harder . . . hatrack Mar 2025 #22

We never had it... JCMach1 Mar 2025 #21

During the pandemic, I watched people die because they refused treatment because of MAGA disinformation. Midnight Writer Mar 2025 #24

Same DaBronx Mar 2025 #27

by using non-critical thinking--they get to believe in the reality they want vs. the reality that is cadoman Mar 2025 #25

The majority of Americans never had it. Sneederbunk Mar 2025 #26

Amusing ourselves to death dedl67 Mar 2025 #28

Republicans started to gut education funding in the 70s. Basso8vb Mar 2025 #29

Two culprits undermining the country: The Wizard Mar 2025 #30

There's always been a strong anti-intellectual bias among a certain segment of the American population, along with a Martin68 Mar 2025 #33

I don't see it as a "loss of critical thinking." The reality is that people have always been drawn to populist promises* Oopsie Daisy Mar 2025 #34

Simple. The GOP has been dismantling public education since the 1960s. n/t TygrBright Mar 2025 #35

Right Wing Media... Happy Hoosier Mar 2025 #36

Carl Sagan talked quite a bit about critical thinking and its lack thereof. erronis Mar 2025 #37

Television, "smart" phones, and substance abuse. Kid Berwyn Mar 2025 #38

Education Jrsygrl96 Mar 2025 #39

Reagan changed the education system. Blue Full Moon Mar 2025 #41

MAGA believes both: J6 was a day of tourism & love; it was a false flag op by antifa & FBI Martin Eden Mar 2025 #43

If most of them are like my sister . . . no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #44

NCLB was the beginning of the dumb-down. maveric Mar 2025 #45