it really says something that the western world is so much less – the united states in particular only had 28% of its women in stem as recently as 2011
they wouldn’t be able to do shit if we didn’t enable them to do it; point the anger at the right place.
I was offering a plausible explanation that could address @vogi@piefed’s confusion about your downvotes and the narrative I was referring to was the one that @justsomeguy@lemmy.world was sharing.
It seems that the two of us are in closer alignment on this question than you and @justsomeguy@lemmy.world
it’s a narrative that supports capital and gives people who dgaf cover; hence the votes.
and wikipedia too!!! don’t forget about wikipedia!
sure, grade school children can’t use it as a source because it’s so false, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t use it for international politics! lol
the comments and the downvotes would be fascinating if it weren’t so clear that they come from a place of deeply ingrained willful ignorance.
even the american liberal media is starting to admit that this is true, yet american liberals clutch onto it for whatever reason and i wish i could understand why.
time to get the sca folks involved. lol