> Ah yes. Americans are just dumb and easily duped. I wouldn't say dumb or easily, but a large portion of us I would agree are being duped. I mean you have ent

> Ah yes. Americans are just dumb and easily duped. I wouldn't say dumb or easily, but a large portion of us I would agree are being duped. I mean you have entire swaths of the country that believe "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is actually serious advice, and not the sarcastic and ridiculous statement it was originally coined as. The streak of individualism present in most places but especially in the States has been hijacked to great effect to make people more willing to vote against their better interests in the name of what's sold to them as "freedom."