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It more basic than that, it is what used to be considered common sense. The United States has screwed basic education, effective communications is not even taug
by bsenftner 9mo ago
It more basic than that, it is what used to be considered common sense. The United States has screwed basic education, effective communications is not even taught - the seed of common sense, and has been producing intellectually crippled wage slaves for that last 40+ years. It's going to require a culture revolution to pull out of this nose civilization-wide dive, and that revolution is not going to happen in the USA.
- verzali 9mo agoI have really noticed that over the past year or two. A worrying number of Americans seem to lack even basic knowledge of the world outside America or even have the ability to think seriously about the long term consequences of decisions. That's not saying all Americans are this way - far from it - but it does seem that a critical mass has been reached. Things like Trump are only symptoms of this, and I cannot see any realistic way the situation can be salvaged.
- bsenftner 9mo agoAdd to that, few Americans know history beyond the American History (propaganda) they were taught in elementary school and have little to no interest in history at all, and if they do it's battles and war and glory nonsense. Few Americans can even conceive of the concept of their location in history. Far too many 'mericans think the Earth is Biblical's aged to be around 6K years... A critical number of them too, enough to keep abject morons in government offices.
- ycombinary 9mo ago[dead]
- venndeezl 9mo agoThoughts and prayers are cranked to 11 in the US but Dunning-Kruger is cranked to 12, cognitive dissonance is at 10. Rhetorically people express the same fake optimism but are too dumb to realize that's all they are doing.