Patrick McManus was a humor writer for Field & Stream and Outdoor Life. In one of his columns from the late '70s or early '80s, he played with the idea that sport fishing, and fly fishing in particular, were influenced by the Soviet Union with the intended objective of lowering the IQ of the American male. His theory was that a successful fly fisherman had to train himself to think like a trout in order to match wits with a trout.
While McManus was writing in jest, the concept of an enemy making a concerted effort to lower the collective American IQ appears to have actually come to fruition via China and TikTok.
I remember his columns. Enjoyed him!
Patric McManus was a very successful humorist.
He was a funny guy.