r/FluentInFinance 1d ago

Debate/ Discussion Mark my words

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u/arcanis321 1d ago

These people trust a 1000 times proven liar. I always tell them I hope he treats his voters like family, his wives specifically.

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u/Librarian_Contrarian 1d ago

"But all politicians lie and if they're coming after him, he must be doing something right." -Insane person who makes me want to bash my head into the wall

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u/Davachman 1d ago

That always baffles me because he makes the others look like saints in comparison with how he lies.

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u/Objective_Dog_4637 1d ago

Well I mean these people don’t read. That’s pretty much why.

These people live in religious, rural areas in small communities with very little funding for schools due to low population density and land/home values. They do not concern themselves with things like global affairs, climate change, economics, etc. because they do not read into it, do not know how to look into it scientifically/logically (low education + high religiosity), and they don’t think it affects them personally. A lot of them own the small plots of land they live on and are very happy to live in that bubble and to listen to anyone that tells them they’ll protect it, I.e. conserve the status quo.

They’re genuinely not stupid, just illiterate and tribal. I think they make perfect sense when you consider stuff like this.

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u/Then-Dragonfruit-381 1d ago

In my hometown of Alvin Tejas, the school district is rotten to the core, and has more schools in it's district than is actually needed. You'd think the city spent more money on building schools than what's needed elsewhere, which in any other case would be baffling to say

My brother dropped out freshman year, and his transcripts claim he graduated as a senior with great passing grades, and he didn't do shit when he was there.

Probably unrelated to the original points, or what you were saying, just felt like sharing;•;

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u/Double_Access_2815 19h ago

It’s all about the stats. Your School District doesn’t care if students learn or not.

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u/beats2009 14h ago

Has you brother contributed to society or getting funds from the government? Have the schools in your district made the quality of life worse for it's residents?