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This is a Dengist community in favor of Bashar al-Assad with no information that can lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton, our fellow liberal and queen. This community is not ironic. We are Marxists-Leninists.

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Being programmers and what not, are they supposed to be this gullible? (news.ycombinator.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Irony is, those in need of deprogramming the most are the ones into programming. How is it even possible that people that are supposed to be so intelligent/logical/rational are actually this gullible to state's propaganda that they believe it without a shred of doubt.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As far as I understand it, "intelligence" is completely on the "nurture" end of "nature vs nurture". It's a skill that can be trained in a lot of different ways, but also requires good sources and good conditions to flourish.

Just like it's easier to get stronger if you eat well and have enough time to train, it's easier to get "smarter" if you have your basic needs met and time to study and practice. Capitalist society strives to deny those conditions to the people.

And even then rich people so very often have decomposed shit for brains, because they just steamroll through life by having cash and rich friends.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, though just like physical fitness it's wildly easier to be high-performing if you start that process of training while you are a child rather than later in life.