It's 2018 for fucking sake! My grandfather knew the importance of being informed, he was born in 1911, from a poor family in the country of south-central Italy

It's 2018 for fucking sake! My grandfather knew the importance of being informed, he was born in 1911, from a poor family in the country of south-central Italy He went to school until he was 7 and then quit to go to work And still he fucking knew! How is that even possible that nowadays people can't tell satire from truth? Is it a consequence of inbreeding? Is it common in the US?