Posted on 05/25/2016 6:27:48 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
America's elitist class: millions of average Americans are irredeemably, hopelessly and unrelentingly stupid
It began with MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber in 2014. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes amplified it a couple of weeks ago. And now, in an equal opportunity bashing from the other side of the political dividing line, The Federalist senior editor David Harsanyi has offered yet another look at one idea that apparently unites America’s elitist class: millions of average Americans are irredeemably, hopelessly and unrelentingly stupid.
Gruber led the elitist charge, revealing the Obama administration’s behind-the-scenes efforts to get the Affordable Healthcare Act passed. “Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” he stated. “And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass… “
That is certainly true.
At least 1/2 of Americans have an IQ below 100, and at least 40% can't make change.
So, it's irrefutably true.
ESPECIALLY for Democrats.
The last two elections proved it.
The fruits of public (and even some private) education.
Average Americans Are Stupid?
Absolutely!
Obama ‘08 Obama ‘12 ‘nuff said
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As long as the Gruber’s of this country are not incarcerated, then yes we are very stupid.
The truly average ones are average at best, but no worse.
You know, I don't think that's quite true -- you have to consider the fact that the majority are miseducated and indoctrinated by our so-called education-system. I mean despite the hard-core anti-american indoctrination of the past few decades (I think it became virulent/violently anti-american circa 2000) there's a lot of people who still are sensible. That proportion may be less than we'd like, and there may be a whole segment that really believes incorrect things (like "the constitution means whatever the supreme court says it does") but that is more a result of having lies and falsehoods taught to them as truths, not their "inherent stupidity".
Obama...twice. end of story
Supposedly the dumbest 10% of voters, the ones that vote one way and then another and can’t usually give a reason that follows any sort of logical explanation, are the ones that decide elections. Supposedly all campaign money is meant to sway the swing voters, at least after the primary process. Because they are the ones that are swayable.
That’s something I find amazing. That the dumbest 10% of eligible voters who manage to vote decide elections, whether or not a pub or dem wins. From our perspective, it could be a good result, or a bad one, but in any case the idiots decide.
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Criminals deceive. The lie is the weapon used most often by the criminal. Identify the deceiver. Eliminate the deceiver and/or their mouthpiece from the body politic. The deceiver will paint himself many times.
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ID the deceiver. Their deception is and attack on your liberty, on your time of life.
Half of all Americans are below average.
Your argument illustrates the difference between ignorance and stupidity.
You can fix ignorance by information.
You can’t fix stupid.
The premise is correct. We, as a society, have become flat out stupid.
Sheep. Prime for shearing.
Okay. Then average Americans are ignorant and don’t want to learn.
Your observation reminds me of the Yuri Bezmenov interview (I'm pretty sure this is the right video) wherein he describes the KGB's plan for subverting a nation's will, IIRC it's the "normalization" step.
Those in the middle, not so much.
Those on the low end and the upper end, most definitely.
Stupid? I don’t know, but they are intellectually lazy to the Nth degree and of course that breeds ignorance. The most ignorant people I’ve ever met are here in So Cal and they are for the most part minorities with a public education. That means they cant read or do any math. They talk with a 5th grade vocabulary or worse and they want to blame every single problem they have on perceived racism.
Democrat leaders count on that and are busily fomenting it.
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