• LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    You know what sucks most about this? We could literally fix many of society’s issues by focussing on education. Hunger, crime, inequality, poverty, climate, population, everything. But that fucks the goals of billionaires, so we won’t.

    • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      The whole point of going after kids is:

      • hook them young so they never form other habits
      • make them weaker (stupider, poorer, less healthy) so they can’t defend themselves and have to buy your shit

      Facebook bought Instagram because it was more popular with young people over grandma got on Facebook.

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      2 months ago

      Having more educated people in society means less people willing to work their life off for little less than a dime.

      This leaves less room for profit and increases production costs for just about everything.

      • ag10n@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        “Education awakens individuals to the fact that our current system is exploitative”

        FTFY