“..about 30 some % of Americans are idiots...”
IMHO, it is higher than that. It is how Obama got elected. It is how Obama’s so-called approval ratings stay so high. It is how this country could put someone like Hitlery in the race for the presidency. It is how Congress gets away with complicity in subversion of our Republic.
And on, and on, and on......
IMHO it’s likely more complicated. I think there are a lot of Americans who are swayed by the ‘fairness’ arguments, and are preyed upon by those who for political gain cynically use the good will of these people. It’s a bit like the mailings we all get that tell us the polar bears are all dying. They’re designed to make you ‘feel’, and are often very contrived. I actually think it speaks well of Americans that many of our citizens are vulnerable to this kind of propaganda because they have good hearts. Fortunately, a great many appear to be getting beyond this manipulation and are seeing the truth.