What percent of the population is just dumb?
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The children are the future, and the future is looking dumb as hell.
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Hawks_82 or whatever his handle is will be here shortly w/ a link from a Russian propaganda site telling us all that we're actually smarter now than any other time in history and call anyone that says "Hey that's russian propaganda, stop that!" a sheep.
- Basic Facts Knowledge: In 2019, a survey by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation found that only 36% of Americans could pass a multiple-choice test with questions from the U.S. citizenship exam. This suggests a significant portion lacked basic knowledge of U.S. history and government.
- Scientific Literacy: According to the National Science Foundation's 2018 Science & Engineering Indicators, about 25% of Americans did not know that Earth orbits the sun.
- Financial Literacy: Surveys by organizations like the OECD show that about 30%-50% of adults globally lack basic financial literacy.
Thank the department of education and tom parris for that one.
How many trump voters were there? Start there.
That looks like a good one - something to watch this weekend!
I absolutely baffled a 20-something kid at Casey's last night. Bought a silo of Busch Light for the drive home. My total was $3.25. I gave him a 20 dollar bill and a quarter. He was clueless. Had no idea why I gave him the quarter so he handed it back to me and said "the $20 is already enough." 🤔🤣
How about the percentage of the population who had no qualms about putting a convicted felon and a man who tried to overturn the results of an election back in the White House - definitely dumb!
What about the percentage of the population who voted for an actual vegetable who is pardoning individuals guilty of sex crimes at present?
My wife no pics hasn't seen it. I've been telling her we need to watch it soon. Might just have to make that happen this weekend.
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I would add the caveat that not only are we Americans dumber, we are much MEANER than ever. I think social media has been a huge driver of this.
From The Bulwark, again (seriously, for you few remaining real, non-MAGA conservatives, you really need to start following these guys):
From The Bulwark, again (seriously, for you few remaining real, non-MAGA conservatives, you really need to start following these guys):
Americans Don’t Want Progress. They Want Punishment. The future is demagogues.
1. Not. Nice.There are two ways of viewing the Trump Era. The first is as a continuation of what came before in American politics, slightly exaggerated in various ways but basically recognizable as more of the same. The second is as a discontinuity—a new world. Obviously both are true. Trump did continue some trends that had been present in American political life for years, or decades, or generations, even. But on balance, I find the latter view more helpfully descriptive: Trump extrapolated existing dynamics while also transforming the public’s attitudes toward violence, democracy, and the rule of law. In so doing he created something new, a sort of American Peronism. Which has turned out to be a novel pathology against which our society has precious few defenses. So if Trump has created a new political world, then how might the political opposition respond to it? This isn’t moral argument and I’m not going to talk about my preferences.¹ I want to strip everything down to the question of political efficacy: How do you win elections? Since Trump’s emergence in 2016 the opposition has responded by acting as if it were still 2015. The Biden administration pursued a vigorous, bipartisan agenda filled with popular legislation designed to promote economic growth across the board. Biden spent money on infrastructure and manufacturing—much of it in red states and rural areas where Democrats had little support. He did not attempt any large-scale, structural reforms.² The Biden administration’s theory was that by governing from the center and focusing on employment and economic growth, Democrats could retain the support of the majority. That theory was incorrect. The 2024 Trump campaign was not posited on ideas about growth, prosperity, or progress. It was posited on the infliction of pain.
Trump did not promise to improve the lives of his voters. He promised to punish the people his voters wanted to hurt. That was the entirety of his electoral proposition and it was not subtext. It was the explicit, bold-face, ALL CAPS text. And it worked. Why? Because America has changed and the majority of voters are no longer motivated by wanting progress for themselves. Instead they’re motivated primarily by anger that out-groups—the people they do not like—might be succeeding or getting some sort of benefits. This is an expansive argument and I don’t expect you to buy it all at once. Instead, I’m going to give you a small, impressionistic collage and ask you to keep the idea in the back of your mind in the coming months. |
Do you consider alcoholics to be stupid people by default? Asking for a friend..
Think about how stupid the average person is, and then remember half the people in the country are dumber than that. And most of them have 3 toll accounts on HBOT.
I shared the best part of the movie, so consider yourself "watched."
The only people who don't see anyone else as dumb are those too dumb to know what being dumb means.
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Americans don’t value education the same way that we did in the 1900s.
Social media has replaced school books in the importance of our youth and young adults.
We also care way too much about how people “feel” today.
Social media has replaced school books in the importance of our youth and young adults.
We also care way too much about how people “feel” today.
News flash! Biden didn't run against your felon hero in 2024. Speaking of pardons, your hero has indicated he plans to pardon fellow-felons (Jan 6 cop beaters) on day one!
Voters?
Not dumb dumb... But I imagine like 75 percent or so don't know much and don't pay too much attention. And a significant proportion of these people have real deficit in critical thinking ability.
We used to make politics ”easier.” Now voters have to sift through a ton of shit.
