30 Critical Pieces Of Knowledge That A “Disturbing Number Of People” Are Ignorant Of

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They think they'll get rich too, dum saps.

It's a tax on wages. It's already regressive. The income of the super rich does not come from wages, it comes from return on investments (or inheritance).

Yep, US farmers are still feeling the impact from his first trade war. Before the fist one, China bought ~40% of their soybeans from the US. That number is below 20% now. And that market isn't coming back for them.

The average intelligent person knows this. Let's be honest. Trump was elected because his racist comments resonated with half of the population.

Take the example of the United States - it's the world's biggest and best market for virtually any product. So producers are going to want access to it. And at the same time, to be successful in that market they need to be competitive. So they have to make choices - try to lower costs, accept lower profits, or do nothing and hope the competition raises prices too. Or maybe you can produce your product directly in the target market. Neither products nor markets are usually fungible. You will have to accept trade-offs.

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He doesn't care. He and his cronies can afford way more than we can. He just wants to burn the world down because everyone wrongs him.

Are naïve enough to think every product can originate an stay in the US?

There is a lot to criticize.

And the MAGAts he rode in on.

Username checks out

I'm a woman I wouldn't come either. But they wouldn't let me anyway, I'm sure they'd check my Twitter account first... :p

Lemme guess the demographics on the downvote

There's no doubt there is tax money being wasted, but that's not the issue here. Musk has been given unfettered access to several federal government agencies, and an incredible amount of sensitive information. He has no experience in government whatsoever, hasn't undergone any sort of senate confirmation, nor has made any sort of formal pledges. He hired six young men, from the ages of 19-26, none of them with any position in government, to access sensitive information. Anyone with a tiny bit of intelligence would be troubled by this, but I can see you are not weighed down with an abundance of brain cells.

And Trump wants to spend them on Greenland and buying TicTok.🤦

Wasted on what? Be specific! Besides, what if I disagree that it is being wasted. Did you think your opinion might be shite?

Trump's also sent out notices to ALL CIA personal to get ready to take a payout too. Of course, no one has said where the money for this would be coming from.🤦

or lack the attention span

I grew up on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Driver's Ed was free (or nearly free) and taught after the ninth grade year.

So many pedestrians walk and cross the streets as if there weren't any other vehicles or people on the road!

It's pretty impossible to make a living, get groceries, meet up with friends - most places in the US, with any reliability. I know ppl who bike for transpo in Texas cities but I have no idea how they survive the heat. And drivers. Wait, some don't.

They need to want help first.

The entire K-12 educational system takes issue with your claim that correcting a lack of basic literacy will take 5 seconds.

But they have to want to be helped. Not being facetious here. Most people who are ignorant really want to stay ignorant.

It takes a lot longer than 5 seconds to help with this.

When I encounter overly confidant, arrogant people who cannot spell or write a simple sentence that's grammatically correct or is coherent, they should be ashamed of their ignorance. They aren't because their parents and teachers passed them along.

I am a librarian and I agree. We are here to help with this specific issue, among many others.

Yeah, just let me know what you're having trouble with so I can figure out how to help. Everyone has something they struggle with.

You might welcome help, but most people don’t

And get them books they like. My daughter hadn't been that interested in reading until she found the Goosebumps books. You don't have to start out with the classics.

As a teacher, I cannot stress enough how important it is to read to your kids before and while they are in school!!! It will be life changing for them!!!

I am adopted. My parents were illiterate and so no one ever read anything to me. I graduated at the top of my class and have a u-grad from Stanford and a Law degree and Social Work degree from the University of Texas. There are an awful lot of unsupported generalities being tossed around here.