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Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class
(www.theguardian.com)
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I think it's two branch to a tree. I'm confused why I'm being down voted when it really seems everyone agrees with my premise. It's not my fault I'm pointing out how it's perceived.
My guess is it's because it looks like your second sentence is saying education is useless when the people around you don't value it.
Yea. Tell that to my life that has only benefited since I earned my degree. I have more interviews. I have more options. I earn more money and have more responsibilities. I guess that it's valued by some, but it's valued by me.
They like to 'Kill the Messenger' here on Lemmy a lot, for some reason.
Which is really not healthy for Lemmy in the long run, but that's a whole other discussion to be had.
It's a fundamental flaw of the vote system. Downvotes are just an "I disagree/I don't like that/Boo!" button.
It's not so much the button itself, but how it's used, which is the problem.
When it's used as a weapon to attack someone, and not just for disagreeing with what they're saying, is what I'm speaking towards. That irresponsible use of the button. That's not healthy for Lemmy.
Granted that button press, even when used responsibly, can mean different things two different people, which I think is what you were speaking towards.
I say that the way it is being used is an inevitable result of its existence; a downvote button will always turn out this way. I don't think you can have downvotes without it turning into an “I disagree/I don’t like that/Boo!” button. Hence, a fundamental flaw of the system.
You could have more than two buttons. Interesting, agree, disagree.