Maybe we need better financial education in the public school system?
Critical thinking dovetails with that, and would probably make it harder for ideological, religious, and political figures to “win hearts and minds.” In my experience parents want their kids to believe whatever they believe, politicians want vacuous morons, and ideologues only want to propagate their ideology. Giving people general tools to sort through the mess of competing ideas seems to appeal less than using the opportunity of education as a means of inculcation.
In short most people and groups want their own version of reality instilled as early as possible, and no others. A relative minority want critical thinking, financial literacy, and sound scientific principles instilled. It’s harder to take advantage of the prepared mind after all, and so much profit and power is gained through shallow blandishments and lies.
Credit cards and student loans, medical bills and mortgages. People who make sound financial decisions don’t roll over debt on their cc’s, or allow for a housing bubble. They might be swayed by arguments that single-payer healthcare wouldn’t lower costs.
They might even question the value of spending trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
No, it means a man explaining something condescendingly to a woman based on and conveying a negative, gender-based presumption of the target’s understanding and/or capacity for understanding.
While its most egregious when the matter is something where the target is an expert (and especially where the speaker is not, and is relatively clueless), that's not the essence of the term.
No amount of education can force behaviours into people. Logic is not a shared resource.
Clearly, given that this is your second round of reduction to the absurd.
Besides, there’s knowing, and accepting. See AGW.
Edit: to clarify, people can be strongly influenced to disregard what is known in favor of what “feels right” or serves their perceived interests. Simply instilling knowledge in the absence of the ability to critically examine said knowledge is insufficient.
Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter have been telling everyone who will listen since at least 1997.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Dad_Poor_Dad
re critical thinking
Years ago, one candidate for my state's Superintendent of Public Instruction aggressively opposed adding critical thinking and problem solving to the curriculum. It'd distract from all that useful standardized testing. She won. Served two terms (8 years).
https://www.johntreed.com/blogs/john-t-reed-s-real-estate-in...
https://toughnickel.com/personal-finance/Robert-Kiyosaki-May...
Happily, I'm sure if I looked a little harder, I could find other, more reputable, people advocating financial literacy.
Instate tuition for top public universities is not that high, and helps you gain skills and even more importantly build a network that is certainly worth the investment.
Sure, there are many soft fields where job opportunities are sparse. But, a degree @ state tuition is certainly worth it for a good number of majors.
Wait, could you explain what that means.
I thought private universities did not receive any government assistance at all. Do you mean subsidized loans to attend such universities ?
If so, I can understand. That might not be the wisest thing for a government to do.