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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Please Help Reverse This (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 months ago (72 children)

Everyone always jumps to eugenics to explain Idiocracy, but I don't ever remember hearing genetics mentioned in the movie. The movie merely states that dumb adults raise dumb children. I don't know about you, but I see that everyday. This doesn't need to be explained by genetics. Children mimic the ways the adults in their lives act to model themselves on as they mature. You can counter this with things like public education or community involvement, but if the parents are involved and interact with their child, they're going to mimic them. If you know a smart person who was raised by dumb people, chances are the parents weren't really involved with the kid as they grew up.

This isn't even a obscure fact. What do you think those Jesus Camps are for? Why do you think rich people send their kids to elite schools?

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