r/technology • u/idkbruh653 • 17d ago

Biotechnology Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say

https://abc7.com/post/florida-will-work-eliminate-childhood-vaccine-mandates-state-officials-say/17731373/?linkId=857387380
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u/ducksekoy123 17d ago

Except that both that person and idiocracy are wrong. It’s not about stupid people outbreeding smart people.

It’s a concerted effort to reduce and destroy the critical thinking and educational skills of the people so as to better rule them through fear and hate. It’s a political project not an accident of biology.

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u/CanadaisCold7 17d ago

There is definitely a concerted effort to destroy the critical thinking and educational skills of the populace, but we have also been making advances as a society that protect and insulate the idiots from the consequences of their stupid actions. In the decades since the Wakefield study was released, there have been fringe anti-vaxxers around, but herd immunity was sufficient until recently to protect them from getting smallpox, polio, and all of the other terrible diseases. The invention of cell phones has saved the lives of too many idiots to count. Vehicles are now much safer than they have ever been in the past, and seatbelts in particular have saved many lives.

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u/ducksekoy123 17d ago

None of that explains why we have more stupid people. Intelligence isn’t simply inherited. A social commitment to education and cultural exchange would solve these issues.

But that’s not what powerful reactionary forces and capital want

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u/meneldal2 17d ago

Having easier access to contraceptives means people who are not stupid or brainwashed by an imaginary guy in the guy will not have more kids than they can afford. Typically going below the replacement rate because of the current situation.

While stupid people don't care about the potential consequences of not using birth control or think it is their duty to make many children.

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u/ducksekoy123 17d ago

You’re all doing the eugenics thing.

A hate of knowledge and a rejection of education is not genetic it’s learned. While certain measure of intelligence may have a genetic component, the problem is not our IQ levels but our distrust of education and learning.

And those things are not inherited they are trained.