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Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 months agoYes, but at the same time, this is just an argument for using terms incorrectly and perpetuating bourgeois terminology. The idea of a “Middle Class” was invented in order to give the Proletariat a realistic goal (in their eyes) to work towards, in order to divide the Proletariat against itself.
If more people understand class dynamics, they will also understand more about their surroundings, and will also be able to better think for themselves, instead of you trying to do all of the thinking for them.
Education is important.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Education is important, but not all knowledge is equally important.
I liken it to a carpenter who uses Imperial units instead of metric. You can argue that metric is more exact, but if the carpenter can do the work why ‘correct’ them?
It’s not the job of the people to be better educated, it’s the job of the leaders to find a way to speak to them that they understand.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
I disagree. It is the job of leaders to push for education, so that the people can be trusted to make correct decisions on their own. We currently have an issue with rising fascism at the hands of an under-educated working class, which is resulting in a violent backlash against academia and science, because education is being strategically cut by fascists.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 months ago
“Tax the rich.” Anyone can understand that.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
“Tax the rich” is woefully insufficient. A good start, but that’s it.