MichaelJan 20
https://dorseteye.com/damning-report-finds-that-anti-immigration-right-wing-views-correlate-closely-with-low-educational-attainment/
Damning Report Finds That Anti-Immigration Right-Wing Views Correlate Closely With Low Educational Attainment - Dorset Eye

A person with no educational qualifications had around 2 times the odds of voting for either the Conservatives or Reform UK than someone with a university degree or higher.  A major new study has delivered an uncomfortable verdict for right-wing movements in Britain and the United States: hostility to immigration and diversity is most strongly […]

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Show threadAndiiJan 21
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To elucidate from the article: "A person with no educational qualifications had around 2 times the odds of voting for either the Conservatives or Reform UK than someone with a university degree or higher.
A major new study has delivered an uncomfortable verdict for right-wing movements in Britain and the United States: hostility to immigration and diversity is most strongly associated not with poverty, but with low levels of education."
#education #FarRight
Show threadJeffrey Rogers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@Andii @therightarticle Looks like the major new study agreed with all the older studies. Who knew?
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Show threadMark WhybirdJan 23

@Jeffrey @Andii @therightarticle The trouble is that many uneducated conservatives see this as proof that higher education is a tool for brainwashing people to wokeness.

(For the extreme off-chance that someone thinking that is reading this: no good university will teach you *what* to think; only *how* to do critical thinking. The fact that the vast majority of people who learn that skill are “woke” is just a byproduct of learning how to see through bullshit.)

Show threadMark WhybirdJan 23
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