Most people prefer to be heard instead of to listen. They care more about others caring for them then they care about other people. Dating profiles with 'I want to get to know you' get far more likes, swipes, hearts and thumbs ups than profiles stating: 'These are my interests; do you want to get to know me?'
Most people think they are far more interesting and complex than other people. And they are right, of course. If you consider that it's a sign of being a profound human being knowing who scored the winning goal for FC Barcelona or Fresno State in that one important match in 2014.
Why should knowledge of football be less important than knowing basic facts on climate change, who the people are who pay billions for the spread of fake news and other propaganda or who the President of Argentina is?
I think it's more important to have knowledge of politics, economics and physics than of sports and celebrities. The more people know how the world turns, the bigger the chance they think before they vote in general elections and the higher the chances the Earth and humankind can be saved from catastrophy.
If you still wonder why those in power ('The elite' to people who know more about tv-shows than about economics. And spelling) love the uneducated, just ask yourself why 'the church' didn't want the people to be able to read the Bible themselves. And simply re-wrote big chunks of the Bible to better suit the needs of the clerics and nobility.
Enlightened people called for seperation of Church and State; stupid people are lead to believe the Bible should replace the US Constitution.
Do you believe in science and common sense or do you put your faith (...) in demagogues and power hungry elitists who re-wrote the Bible in the 17th Century?
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