I don’t think the average American is stupid, but I agree that stupid people exist in all areas of life. You can tell the average American is actually quite bright because they don’t think they know everything and respect hearing new information from different people.
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Weakness and passivity are cousins of stupidity. Being bright doesn’t mean people will do anything about the information they absorb. They may recognize stupid and even harmful things but do nothing to change them.
The country is burning and few are rushing to put out the fire. They don’t think the conflagration will come to their neighborhood.
“Weakness and passivity are cousins of stupidity. Being bright doesn’t mean people will do anything about the information they absorb. They may recognize stupid and even harmful things but do nothing to change them.
The country is burning and few are rushing to put out the fire. They don’t think the conflagration will come to their neighborhood.”
Excellent point!
We are certainly living in interesting times. I believe that is an old Chinese curse. . .