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Does elitist and authoritarian imply false?

Being reasonable is time consuming, expensive, requires constant education and a mind open to accepting that being wrong is ok. It’s elitist almost by definition. I don’t see how you got authoritarian in the equation, though.

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The very notion of putting people in the category of sophisticated and unsophisticated, is a form of classism. It gets into the realm of authoritarianism when we start wanting people to be making decisions for others based on this. This not something we should be doing in a free society.

I don't think it's classist to acknowledge that a lot of people do not have the privilege or time to thoroughly investigate the accuracy and biases of the information they are receiving.

The response to this should be to ensure everyone does have the education and free time to be able to deal with this type of misinformation, but that runs contrary to the goals of those who benefit from the status quo.

Not if it is accompanied with a simultaneous desire offer the populace the tools to become more savvy at understanding the world around them with an education in history, politics, economics, ethics, science, etc.

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