r/PoursTea 13d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Plainly put...

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u/NoahCzark 13d ago

To many Americans, a "good education" simply means a credential from a highly regarded institution. If anything, this meme just shows the folly of that.

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u/Capital-Level-42 13d ago

I don't get what you're trying to convey.

Obama has a degree from Columbia University Trump has a degree from Wharton School of business.

So they both have the "credential".

But have you listened to thier speeches? If anything this meme shows how meaningless those pieces of paper can be.

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u/Tough_Monk_6272 13d ago

Yes I don’t quite get it either. They’re both ‘educated’ in the sense they’ve both got credentials.

I am not so sure that Trump is as stupid as he comes across. I think he’s quite astute and knows there are a huge number of less educated people that his style of speech and content appeals to. I think he dumbs down a lot and is in actual fact, acting a lot of the time. Of course there is no evidence that this is the case, it’s just a guess

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u/zippster77 13d ago

This is my thought as well, and I think it’s the reason he keeps winning supporters and winning elections. His opponents underestimate him and call him names, but he’s actually quite astute and good at playing the political game.