Thread — Plamenu

My IRL friends call me Chris@christyceeck.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:u5zh5mvxrydv4hg5fwiehnb6/post/3mpwq5ljaws2p

A decade of analyses have struggled to find the factor that causes citizens to choose anti-democratic leaders or embrace angry fallacies about race or immigration. Those don’t correlate strongly with race, sex, age, income, social class or geography. But they often do with one factor: Education level. People who’ve spent time in a university or college are far less prone to falling for dark delusions and the candidates who endorse them. Democratic backsliding is measurably a product of low education rates.

That doesn’t mean graduates are virtuous, or that those without letters after their name (like me) are democratic threats. But it does mean a country can defend itself against extremism and hate by raising the education rate. If Canada can move it up another notch, we’ll be more resistant to the awful ideas from the U.S., our parties less inclined to choose leaders who echo them.

Jul 5, 2026, 23:34 UTCen

Ev Delen@evdelen@mstdn.ca

Replying to @christyceeck.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

@christyceeck.bsky.social

Meanwhile in #Ontario, #DougFord is gutting OSAP, reducing democratic accountability in education by eliminating School Trustees, nevermind all of the damage Stephen Lecce did in previous terms...

Also, let's not forget Mike "Double Cohort" Harris, lest we think this is a recent phenomenon.