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George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽Education is the enemy of fascism.
lemgandiYeah! My Daddy didn't go to college, and he's doin' fine in prison!
Darwin WoodkaLaura Looney is a fucking moron
Martin Seeger@georgetakei Wow, someone is pushing the self-destruct button really hard.
JanKusanagi@georgetakei absolute truth
cynthia rose is desirable@georgetakei
Whoa lots to unpack here:
1. He did go to college—lots of them—he died at a college—but he didn’t attend college classes to further his education—make that distinction please
2. Laura. Are you suggesting that being murdered is the epitome of success now? Because that’s what it sounds like, and holy shit.
Whoa lots to unpack here:
1. He did go to college—lots of them—he died at a college—but he didn’t attend college classes to further his education—make that distinction please
2. Laura. Are you suggesting that being murdered is the epitome of success now? Because that’s what it sounds like, and holy shit.
Mirko Schenk@georgetakei
Sadly, education doesn't stop anybody from being a self-centered asshole. And as we see here in Germany with a rather good education (not very good, but should be fine for this), it doesn't even stop that many followers.
Sadly, education doesn't stop anybody from being a self-centered asshole. And as we see here in Germany with a rather good education (not very good, but should be fine for this), it doesn't even stop that many followers.
virkon@georgetakei that is a weird thing to say
Dean Johnson@georgetakei They’d prefer a neo-feudal system catering to oligarchs.
David H. McCoyHow’d not going to college work out for him?
Patrick Morris Miller@davidhmccoy @georgetakei It was going great. Apparently actually *going* to college ran into some snags.
Man jumps out of window of building. On the way down, he was asked how he was doing.
“So far, so good,” he replied.
Richard Ash@georgetakei "no your heart surgeon didn't study medicine, instead he just confidently states things he reckons. So we figured he'd be able to do the operation"
Elon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺
Richard R Lee
madame poolhair@georgetakei hmm why do all right wing activists and politicians look like overgrown babies to me?🤷🏻♀️
Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑As Trump said: "Smart people don't like me."
NemethonRepublicans - people who wear lack of education and lack of intelligence as if it were some kind of medal.
VelteropⓐⓊ🪂🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧🇩🇪@nemethon Lack of imagination of what education and intelligence could actually mean for them?
Nancy@georgetakei History shows us that every authoritarian regime fears education because an informed society is harder to control. Universities are not perfect, but they are vital for democracy.
Seán Fenian@georgetakei Laura Loomer graduated from Barry University, Miami, with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.
As usual with the right, there's one rule for the elite, and one for everyone else.
As usual with the right, there's one rule for the elite, and one for everyone else.
@stevewfolds
Jimmy@zakalwe @georgetakei College used to be a credential that showed you were upper class, because those were the only people who could afford it. The Republicans are working hard to return it to that status.
a fish named dog ✡️♾️@georgetakei Charlie Kirk got shot, Laura. Just sayin'.
Nicole ParsonsThe gatekeeping efforts by Republicans keep getting more & more obvious; trying to limit access to good quality information
Don't go to school
Don't read
Don't involve yourself
Don't vote
Don't fund the education of "those others"
Book bans
Library closures
School board hijacks
Reduce literacy levels
Defund public health & education
Attack college funding
Fire teachers
Alumni donations with strings attached
Billionaires with hire, fire, fund vetoes in agencies & institutions
1/
2/
Who funded the court cases against the Internet Archive? HarperCollins is owned by Rupert Murdoch.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarperCollins
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_v._Internet_Archive
https://blog.archive.org/2024/12/04/end-of-hachette-v-internet-archive/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_Book_Group
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/books/hachette-book-group-ceo-pietsch.html
Who funded Meta to weaponize web scraping from shadow library Library Genesis? The fossil fuel industry funds most AI initiatives.
https://fnex.com/groq-secures-1-5-billion-from-saudi-arabia-and-partners-with-meta-to-accelerate-ai-inference/
https://www.wamda.com/2025/02/meta-ai-officially-launches-mena-region
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
Preventing another Arab Spring?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/meta-ai-arrives-in-the-middle-east-and-africa-with-support-for-arabic/
Casper 👻@georgetakei
Edjamakayshun is overrated
Edjamakayshun is overrated
Court Cantrell does not comply@georgetakei They do "love the poorly educated."
decapitae
LR@georgetakei they're trying to get from 1 to 100 spm (suckers per minute)
Stephen Elliott~BuckleyYeah, 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.
This affects critical thinking, moral philosophy, and media analysis skills.
Thanks Reagan.
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-literacy-statistics
#literacy #criticalthinking #education #k12 #civilization #neofeudalism #democracy #fascism #serfs
@Maxfieldripken @georgetakei Some years ago I came across a survey of literacy rates correlated to age. The older a person was, the less literate they were likely to be. It kind of knocked the wind out of "kids these days" arguments. I haven't seen a survey correlated like that recently.
xs4me2Where did they find this evil witch…
Robin Barton@georgetakei Now there is an advertising line
SpaceLifeFormIt is amazing how far the education system has fallen.
I recall learning History, Science, and Civics in K-12.
Yeah, I am old.
Martin Rust
Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.@georgetakei
The reason #Republicans and #Religion are tied at the hip is b/c both require unquestioned loyalty and ignorance (lack of education) to maintain control over their followers. 🤔 #BlindFaith
The reason #Republicans and #Religion are tied at the hip is b/c both require unquestioned loyalty and ignorance (lack of education) to maintain control over their followers. 🤔 #BlindFaith
@georgetakei
I will NOT be lectured to by the likes of JD Vance (who once called T**** "America's Hitler") or anyone else on the Right about "anger" & "#PoliticalViolence" on The Left by people who:
Supported & defended sending an angry mob of 1,500 terrorists to attack the Capitol…
Threatened the life of Speaker Pelosi & chanted "Hang Mike Pence!"…
Joked about Paul Pelosi getting his skull bashed in with a hammer and suggested his attacker was actually his gay lover…
(con't) #CharlieKirk
@georgetakei
(con't: Vance tried to claim political violence is exclusive to The Left)
Totally ignored the murder of MN Speaker Melissa Hortman & her husband as well as the attempted murder of MN Sen. Hoffman and his wife…
Ignored the firebombing of PA Gov Shapiro's home…
Made a billionaire out of a man who denied the 19 children gunned down at Sandy Hook were actually dead, claiming they were "Crisis Actors"…
And most notably turned George Zimmerman & Kyle Rittenhouse into folk heroes. 🤬
@georgetakei
Vance: "It's a statistical fact…" [that The Left is more violent.]
#Colbert highlighted a fact last night that I've pointed out many times before:
#Republicans ❤️ to claim "facts" they pull out of their ass MUST be true (w/o verification) simply b/c it comports with what they already believe.
#DonnieDumbass does this CONSTANTLY, and did so again with the #BSC claim that "300 Million people died from drugs last year"… which would be nearly the entire population of the U.S..
Al & Val's Modern Homesteading@georgetakei And look at him now! Be dumb. Be right wing. Be like charlie.
Mammut@georgetakei thank goodness that evil people are stupid.
@georgetakei
Yes perhaps a world of critical
thinkers would be the death knell for
the Right?
“They try to control your minds.
They tell you we’re baddies.
And you believe them.
Just shows how sad life is.
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Wake up, wake up wage slaves.”
‘Revolutionary Days.’
The Big Red Freedom Train.
Yes perhaps a world of critical
thinkers would be the death knell for
the Right?
“They try to control your minds.
They tell you we’re baddies.
And you believe them.
Just shows how sad life is.
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Wake up, wake up wage slaves.”
‘Revolutionary Days.’
The Big Red Freedom Train.
MegatronicThronBanksThat one message is the single most important.
Peter RileyDon't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
- Joni Mitchell
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the-bigger-threat-to-books-than-bans-is-distribution.php
Ilka 🌐@georgetakei exactly! 🤘
Jo - pièce de résistance@georgetakei just as truth is the enemy of the liar.
Knowledge is literally power even in physics (see Maxwell’s Demon a physics and information theory) and they don’t want you to have any while gathering and hoarding and gatekeeping all knowledge.
@georgetakei Also, "You don't need to go to college. People like me and our cronies are going to have all the good-paying jobs locked up anyway."
Elfbiter@georgetakei Keeping college expensive also guarantees that peoiple remain uneducated.
bouriquet@georgetakei What about Trump University? I’d bet if resurrected they’d put together a curriculum of lies, deception and denial.
humourmetom@georgetakei If Charlie Kirk had gone to college he might have learned logic and the laws of debating.
Yawni 🏳️🌈▲@georgetakei And it shows. German news outlets felt the need to talk about that shitbag with the lethal lead poisoning. From what I was forced to learn about him, it seems to me that he even slept through elementray school and made Ralph Wiggum seem smart.
Killing him was wrong on a moral level. But I won't shed a tear.
Face Thumb@georgetakei Laura Loomed who went to college says you don't need to go to college
six_grandfathers_mountainRE
#education is the enemy of #fascism
We can say..... #votingrights and #VOTING is the next big thing
#midterms #midterms2026 #registeredvoters
Why are so many US citizens not registered?
And even if a #registered #voter many don't vote
mastodonphan HAS MOVED@georgetakei I don't think "Charlie Kirk didn't go to college" is the flex she thinks it is. I'm sure if he got a college education he would have had less chances of getting an (in)voluntary neck piercing.
Bradley Farless@georgetakei It's because universities don't teach skills that lead to high paying jobs anymore, and being able to feed your family is important to most people. Or being able to afford to start a family.
IAG@georgetakei charlie kirk absolutely went to college
a lot of them, in fact
a lot of them, in fact
@georgetakei also she literally has a bachelor's degree
EndicottRoad59@georgetakei Four years of college gave me a degree as well as an entirely different perspective on life.
👊🇺🇸🔥@georgetakei Republicans want the electorate as uneducated as possible so they can turn us into serfs that only have a Bible "education".