Originally Posted by 97240sx

Do you have the right to remain ignorant? I don't know if this is answerable. I guess it depends on how much value you place on individual rights vs the good of the collective.

It benefits us all to live in an educated society, but a focus on individual rights would lead to the conclusion that it might be "wrong" somehow to force a person to learn.

At a certain point, I think we need to cut our losses with those who are overly selfish and who choose not to contribute to the survivability of the collective. I mean the rest of us are working hard to maintain our infrastructure, our roads and bridges, our sewer and power lines, cable, internet, etc. And then we have the few idiots who refuse to lift a finger, to even think, refuse to even fire off a single neuron in their brains. Refusing to contribute to the necessary survivability of the collective is a crime against humanity. You can't enjoy the benefits without at least making an honest effort to contribute.