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Seems like the US is doing okay on the OECD PISA benchmark though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_St...

In mathematics, the U.S. ranks 28th out of 37 OECD countries.

In science, the U.S. ranks 12th.

Yes, hence "okay".

Excerpts from the 2022 PISA math scores:

#1: Singapore: 575

#10: Netherlands: 493

#20: Finland: 484

#22: Sweden: 482

OECD average: 472

#30: Italy: 471

#32: Norway: 468

#34: US: 465

...

#81: Cambodia: 336

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_St...)

No. If 2016-2020 wasn't enough "education" to warn people not to re-elect Trump, it's absurd to continue to believe that's the problem. You can fix ignorance with education, but you can't fix stupidity or malice.

It's not a problem, it's a strategy

If so then it is a bad one that we all will pay for.

educated to vote for the candidate that you like better?

Educated enough to recognize blatant and proven lies when they hear them.

For example, the oft repeated lie that foreign countries would pay his illegal tariffs.

Educated enough to know that calls from this adminstration to "punish" the NY Fed for pointing out this lie would be in direct violation of the 1st Amendment.

https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/02/who-is...