As always, uneducated ignorant people make life hell for everyone else.

In order for a democracy to function, you need people that are able to evaluate political promises as bullshit or not. If you believe nonsense from grifters, you get either what you described or the current US admin. Or Brexit.

I'm sure there are more examples of this in history.

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inigyou a day ago | parent [-]

That's why the right wing always defunds the education system everywhere it gets power, right?

	▲	hn_acker 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		While siphoning the remaining public school funding to private schools [1]: > ProPublica analyzed data from 13 states of varying sizes that do publish private school directories and offer public funding to these types of schools, and found that at least 1,500 more are listed today than were five years ago — bringing the total to more than 9,600. The numbers provide a rare look into the growth catalyzed by friendly legislatures and government money, while public school districts are losing students and closing schools. > When public money is available, most private schools take advantage of that funding. In several states, all or nearly all students at some private schools pay tuition with public dollars. [1] https://www.propublica.org/article/private-schools-vouchers-...