Matthew Sheffield on Nostr: 🧵 We live in dangerous times principally because rapacious oligarchs have ...

🧵 We live in dangerous times principally because rapacious oligarchs have weaponized ignorance for political gain.

John Stuart Mill nailed it more than 150 years ago that stupidity is inherently right wing.

For decades, Republicans have leveraged this fact to gain political power through manipulation of people who are uneducated and/or ignorant.

Now, they have re-birthed the "Satanic Panic" to gain votes in a very dangerous move...