Labor has stormed to victory in the federal election and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will lead a majority government following a disastrous night for the Coalition and Peter Dutton.
At 8.24pm, less than half an hour after the final polls closed in Western Australia, 9News projected Labor had won the election.
The simulation you’re talking about is the population being able to access higher education so that they understand their vote.
Pre-WW1 and WW2 Germans were some of the most educated, informed and progressive societies in the world at the time and it didn’t stop them blundering into jingoism and fascism, I don’t think it is just that.
There is a large component of “the socialists/wokes are coming for you” which glitches regular people into protest voting to the right of center instead of for a left that actually represents their interests.
PS: there is also infighting between lefties, far lefties, “moderates” and liberals that can prevent them from aligning against fascist demagogues until it is too late.
PPS: also, if you just study a lot of STEM in college, your views on humanities may still be atrocious, like elonstans.
Literally, just step back and look at history.
It’s amazing, and disappointing, that the simple exercise of “Let me predict what the consequences of my vote will be” seems beyond so many people.
Unfortunately that path feels like it’s closing. Will probably need more shows like The Handmaid’s Tale to make learning entertaining. The more people are reminded of the horrors of fascism in parallel fictional arenas, the more likely they will connect the dots.