• citizenAlex@lemmy.ml
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    30 days ago

    The issue is the mismatch between the ignorance and the person’s developmental state. Infants are ignorant but we love and accept them. Ignorance in an adult is problematic because democratic societies require informed participants. Willful ignorance becomes the boot on the neck.