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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by corimaith on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @08:27AM (#40787705)
People are only capable of informed decisions in their specific area of expertise. Outside of that the difference in opinion between a university educated and a working class is irrelevant.

When the people whose specific jobs and lives revolve around the topic have a contrary opinion you should probably take more seriously. Those who don't and elevate their opinions are what we call cranks.

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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by contingencies on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @09:03AM (#40788080)
The entire earth is affected by Assange's revelations, and the legal wranglings thereafter. It is unclear which specific subset to which you refer, but I don't think their opinion is any more valid than others'.

Further, perhaps it is unwise to place much faith in the relevance of formal education to matters of complex political and technical insight deeply mired in populist information warfare and wiser to consider education level to be generally quite independent of formal training in most cases?

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Re:Julian Assange Is Free by mistermann on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @08:57AM (#40788013)
What is your area of expertise that facilitates knowing the truth of all of your claims here today?
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