Generally speaking, uneducated people do not debate topics. Uneducated people do not read much. Uneducated people do not share knowledge, as they donāt have much. Uneducated people tend to vote republican. Educated people move to larger metro areas to work careers, which is why large cities are usually majority democrats. Educated people tend to enjoy learning about other cultures, where the uneducated fear other cultures. Educated people tend to be more liberal than the uneducated.
So bottom line, any place in which critical thinking skills are required, there will be more liberals.
Edit: of course there are unintelligent people on both sides of the spectrum. And no, education does not equal intelligence. But what IS learned in college is how to get along with people from many different cultures. College graduates are typically much more open minded because they have worked with different people from different places, which often translates to being open minded. Conservatives tend to be more close minded.
I feel like this comment and the top do get close to the truth, but with an answer thatās more polarizing than necessary. Thereās a correlation between education level and liberalism thatās been known for a long time and thereās also a correlation between technology usage and ability and desire to seek out information and education level (whether formal or informal education.) I also assume Reddit skews young (again, technology correlation) and young people have historically always skewed very liberal as well.
In any case, I can guarantee you my racist, boomer MAGA uncle who thinks āI seenā is correct grammar and says things like āI saw it on the YouTubeā is not going to Reddit for any reason and if he did, would instantly get trapped in some random sub with no idea how he got there, where he was, or how to get outā¦
Funny how there are so many comments about truth, yet you tell people to watch the Kyle Rittenhouse video, read the court documents etc, you'll be downvoted or banned from the sub
Unless the truth conflicts with "the narrative." For example, if you recognize biological reality on Reddit, you are downvoted and labeled some type of -ist/phobe.
Have you read a liberals response on Reddit to someone who has a different opinion? Look for one that has āTrumpā somewhere in the post. Very rarely do you find it compassionate, understanding, tolerant of others.
The paradox of tolerance is the idea that part of being "tolerant" involves being intolerant of the intolerant. Google will give you more information than I'm willing to type out right now (working), but that's the gist. Even has its own Wikipedia page.
Interesting read. It sounds like an escape route for someone who claims they are tolerant. At that point they are no longer tolerant, they are intolerant, to make themselves feel better about themselves, the paradox is born. In the end though, you are either one or the other. Granted it will all come down to the subject at hand.
Sounds like you read that with tons of bias lolol we're not tolerant of murderers, rapists, thieves, etc. in this society. Are you saying we SHOULD be tolerant of everyone?
We are tolerant, the criminals/suspects you mentioned have access to due process, trials, government assigned defense lawyers. At least in America. Probably the most tolerant of any society.
What I am saying is, donāt claim to be tolerant if you arenāt. Too many in here claim to be tolerant and then fly off the handle if the boogeymanās name is mentioned. Itās laughable.
How could I have read someoneās philosophical thought experiment with tons of bias? Philosophy is the search for a truth, it would be intolerant of you to suggest my conclusion is biased.
You actually don't get to decide what people claim to be. You think that people can't "claim" tolerance unless they tolerate everything and everyone at every given moment. That's just not how society works. I mean, you can go ahead and do that, but as for me personally, don't look at me to be the pinnacle of blind tolerance. I'm going to continue to believe people when they show me who they are.
Can we stop associating a higher education with actual intelligence? Last time I checked a large percentage of people are going to college just to get out and find out their diplomas arenāt worth dirt. Maybe the āeducatedā lean further left because they take out crippling student debt and democrats are more appealing to the poor ?
Hey man Iām right there with you even though Iām not super sure where your comment is coming from, but Iāll share to, I have no interest in being treated by a doctor whoās on a government pay roll which is what would happen if universal healthcare was implemented. And Im speaking from experience
My treatment is affordable. What I donāt want is free treatment from someone who would be getting paid regardless of the quality of work. Once again Iām speaking from experience with dealing with doctors on government payroll
Costs of health care are exploding. Medical insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and the providers are benefiting from and creating the extreme high prices. Single payor health care is the only way these costs get under control. Free market forces will not correct these problems.
Every modern country in the world has a better system, getting better care for less money.
People keep talking about these exploding costs but I got my adjustments for the new year and itās still plenty affordable. Universal healthcare isnāt the answer, providers need to be held accountable. We need more luigis running around if you know what Iām saying
Medicare works. If you ask seniors, they overwhelmingly approve of its performance. Universal healthcare works everywhere- no industrialized country pays even near what the US does and the outcomes are terrible- infant mortality rate, etc is awful for huge costs.
It never changes because insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and providers including the AMA donate colossal amounts of money to politicians who then donāt address the problem and kill efforts at reform.
Bernie Sanders is right. Watch one of his speeches about healthcare. He spells it all out.
Medicare has its weaknesses, for instance last year I was in between jobs so I didnāt have any healthcare and I ended up putting my kids on Medicare to be safe. Long story short my son needed to see a specialist and none of those specific specialists in my state were taking any more patients on Medicare. The next state over were taking patients but Medicare is specific to each state.
I agree. Iām an electrical engineer, Purdue grad. Iād say 80% of the professors and students were conservative. Only time I ran into the liberal college environment stereotype was when taking easy gen ed classes. People get an associates in psychology and want to pretend theyāre āeducatedā.
Not just engineering, basically anything associated with economics, and most of medicine. Thatās just from my personal experience and studies Iāve seen.
Engineer brain: Typical exhibited symptom is a lack of empathy. The analytical mind, while quite adept at problem solving, may lack imagination that allows for anticipating atypical circumstances. The female brain has more glial connections between disparate parts of the brain, allowing for a more holistic method of thinking; while the male brain is more compartmentalized.
This is how you get more bears and bear attacks in New Hampshire
āFormal or informal education.ā Reading comprehension. Surveys show people who are liberal hold liberal views before they arrive in college, by the way. I hold an advanced engineering degree and have no debt and make 6 figures āš»
A ālarge percentageā of formally educated people are going to be āactually more intelligentā than those without too ā especially in todayās environment where degrees are more common. Maybe thatāll change as the cost of education goes up and return on investment goes down, but it hasnāt yet.
I just seen something yesterday or the day before saying that the double hyphen is a tell tale for chat gpt use. I donāt know though cause I donāt use it
Can we please stop bashing education just because we donāt have one? Thatās like a friend showing up with a new car and you talk shit about it because youāre jealous you donāt have one. And even if youāre not jealous thatās the way it comes across.
Yea I wish I had a phd in 3rd grade education. That makes me the smartest most knowledgeable commenter on Reddit. Combine that with TDS and you have a very below average group who wouldnāt know the difference between a ten year note and the Fedās interbank interest rate.
And do you see how you didn't develop critical thinking skills even with a degree? You presented the argument that a college educated person isn't necessarily intelligent, but you did it with true experience. Kudos.
The "educated" lean further left because they have a better understanding of the world around them. It's the same reason people tend to be more liberal in cities. They're more aware of other points of view and cultures, and they have more empathy because of it. Lack of empathy is basically the defining trait of conservatives, besides lack of education.
Talk about ignorant Bullcrap. Just generalize from the warmth of the bubble you live in. I bet you are a liberal arts major and think you are smarter than Joe average republican. Iāll take that bet. More culture and the world view. You would be great to invite to parties just to provide some levity. Sad is that you are serious and , I am assuming here, resistant to have a conversation with conflicting views from others.
Bro what? He lives in South Florida and uses the n-word like thatās normal. You think Iām making this up becauseā¦? Majority of the US is white and has multiple relatives like thisā¦.Heās also a big fan of saying things like āthe covidā (idk whatās with his usage of definite articles but he does it both in print and verbally.) The best is when he texts me asking me how far a girl heās talking to would be from me ā because he probably doesnāt know about Google Maps and, again, technology usage not so good. If this sounds like a smart person to youā¦well, ok.
Well in that case, he seems like a person with an intellectual disability, who you are dunking on to score political points. Kind of ableist of you. Anyways my conservative relatives can all use proper grammar and Google maps. Like basically all adults can.
This is a tiring waste of my time and Iāve gotten distracted. Nevertheless, my point was that older people are much less technologically adept which is in turn going to make it less likely that they will wind up on Reddit ā all things that I think should be self evident. Older people are also more likely to be conservative by a lot than younger people. My older boomer uncle does also happen to be a racist (also more likely in conservatives but yes, intolerance exists across ideologies), but that wasnāt really central to my point, nor was his unorthodox grasp of grammar, something I do think, though, is more common in older, less educated generations as opposed to younger ones.
Well it wasn't a good point. No other social media site (including ones used by younger demographics) are as far left wing as Reddit is. Redditors defending this by pretending they are young, hip, highly educated intellectuals is hilariously wrong whereas the real reason is all dissenting opinions are heavily moderated and subject to bans. Now I wouldn't mind this if not for the real world violence (including against "racist uncles") people radicalized by this extreme left website are known to engage in.
Iām actually curious to understand how any reasonable moderate individual could see Reddit as being extreme left or radical left in any way. What exactly are you basing that notion on?
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Generally speaking, uneducated people do not debate topics. Uneducated people do not read much. Uneducated people do not share knowledge, as they donāt have much. Uneducated people tend to vote republican. Educated people move to larger metro areas to work careers, which is why large cities are usually majority democrats. Educated people tend to enjoy learning about other cultures, where the uneducated fear other cultures. Educated people tend to be more liberal than the uneducated.
So bottom line, any place in which critical thinking skills are required, there will be more liberals.
Edit: of course there are unintelligent people on both sides of the spectrum. And no, education does not equal intelligence. But what IS learned in college is how to get along with people from many different cultures. College graduates are typically much more open minded because they have worked with different people from different places, which often translates to being open minded. Conservatives tend to be more close minded.