One in five young Americans thinks the Holocaust is a myth

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/12/07/one-in-five-young-americans-thinks-the-holocaust-is-a-myth

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OmenAtom@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Dont 1/10 people not know the sun is a star? Something like 10-20% of people are just non-thinking

ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

  • George Carlin
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I'm genuinely confused how this is even possible.

rodolfo@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

you'd be surprised by what right wing is capable to say, write and teach. time flies, and one lie repeated more and more times, sooner or later starts to become truth

Jaderick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Conspiracism

wildcat@midwest.social · 1 pts · 1y

Yes, definitely! But, Americans are so ill-informed about the world. And there's been a lot of effort to create a culture of distrust in education, learning, information, etc. that some people are simply immediately skeptical about everything, immediately, all the time. But, it's absolutely fucked-up.

Masterblaster@kbin.social · -1 pts · 2y
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