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When one looks at the United States, you see a vast country with millions of badly educated people mostly unable to think critically.
Like most of us they have been educate for the converbelt of capitalism.
Perhaps this the reason the world is now suffering a USA president who is behaving like a spoiled child?
Tit for tat.
However he has done the world a service by showing that military might no longer win wars.
Like Russia invasion of the Ukraine it’s the ability to use drones that wins wars.
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Back to why a person like Trump could become the president of the USA.
It’s not just billionaires that become president although it helps.
Gaps in civic education in the USA leave voters more susceptible to populism, misinformation, or simplified rhetoric.
Many working-class Americans feel that the modern economic and educational systems cater primarily to a coastal elite.
Higher education institutions are frequently perceived by conservative voters not just as centers of learning, but as gatekeepers of social and economic status that look down on blue-collar labor.
Donald Trump successfully tapped into this resentment, openly challenging traditional “experts,” academic institutions, and federal agencies like the Department of Education.
Without robust training in media evaluation, voters across the political spectrum struggle to navigate the hyper-polarized, algorithmic landscape of modern social media.
The rise of echo-chamber cable news networks and unregulated social media algorithms that thrive on outrage warp reality.
The USA has a system that gives disproportionate voting weight to rural states, which happen to have lower densities of college-educated citizens.
However then U.S. education system did not create Donald Trump’s electorate.
Rather, the unequal distribution of economic opportunities tied to modern education—combined with a growing cultural divide between the college-educated and non-college-educated—created a political fault line that he successfully navigated.
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There was a day back in the sixties when a stereotype American was viewed as loud stupid without passport.
Of course this was a view help by Europeans who had not travelled to the USA a country the size of all Europe put together.
So it stands to reason that it is and was far cheaper to explore their own country without a passport than explore elsewhere.
I believe passport ownership in now about 50%. however we will see this figure rise by the time Donald Dump has finished his term in office.
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