Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean” - eviltoast
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    5 months ago

    Across social, economic, and political spectra, you can always tell the good guys from the bad guys by their stance on access to knowledge.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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      Had an argument with FIL where he argued his last child Is out of school so he votes against school taxes. I’m like you know that pays for the people you and your family will interact with. His response was “I want them as ignorant as me”. Even as joke it’s lacks wisdom. He just complained about doctors being uneducated an hour before.

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        Ffffuck that’s depressing.

        I don’t even have kids. I’m actually pretty against having them in general. But education is an existential requirement to a functioning democracy, and even a basic education is so broadening.

        The only reason to want people ignorant is if you’re trying to swindle them, which honestly benefits no one in the long run.

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          Not even democracy per se; it’s a basic requirement for a society that functions at more than a medieval level.

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        Complains without solutions and distrusts legitimate experts, with a dash of “fuck other people.” So you’re just saying your FIL is a typical Republican.