This is not the first time this happened: look to the early 19th century "know-nothings" for a previous example.

Universal schooling and free access to higher education is a prophylactic against fascism.
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The uneducated and stupid are part of the problem. Just wait until Dept of Education is shuttered and there are no national curriculum standards. We will have no shared understanding. America's diploma divide: States with fewer grads went for Trump https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/college-degree-voters-split-harris-trump #ResistFascism #SupportPeopleInPain #NaziTrump #GOPWeirdos #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlueUpAndDown #USPol

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As long as the schooling includes education in critical thinking, history and behavioural sciences; not just job training, especially for an “AI” world.

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