Posted on 05/28/2025 4:34:35 AM PDT by ShadowAce
What if stupidity isn’t about intelligence at all, but about surrendering the will to think? In this chilling and timely video essay, we explore Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity — a terrifying insight into how smart, well-meaning people can become blind instruments of destruction. Drawing on Bonhoeffer’s life, the psychology of conformity, Milgram’s obedience experiments, social media echo chambers, and the rise of AI-driven misinformation, we reveal why stupidity isn't a lack of intellect — it's a surrender of critical thought.
👉 Why do intelligent people support dangerous ideas? 👉 How does groupthink override personal judgment? 👉 What does it take to remain intellectually independent in a world that rewards conformity?
From Past Germany to modern-day misinformation, this deep psychological breakdown blends philosophy, history, neuroscience, and media theory, with urgent insights for today.
🔍 Learn why Bonhoeffer warned that "Against stupidity, we are defenseless" — and what you can do to resist it
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What happened to all the baby booming hippies who celebrated nonconformity?
“Protest against the rising tide of conformity.” That was a gin ad IIRC they seized. A pouting Joan Baez and Bob Dylan posed beside the poster.
It was not encouraging people to think for themselves, but to have an emotional rejection of what was conformity/truth/tradition.
It was advertising to become stupid--to act without thinking "just because."
“”””The Nazis felt extremely justified in their treatment of Jews because of their religious belief that they were the ‘Master’ Race, given to them by God, and mandated to destroy the ‘evil’ they deemed Jews to be. The Arabs have no less fervor and justification for their barbarity against Jews, but have replaced the Christian concept of God with their own concept (Allah), and are justified in their minds.””””
Christianity’s version of God, master race, Christian concept of God, Allah, what kind of twisted view of God and Christianity do you have?
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“”””What happened to all the baby booming hippies who celebrated nonconformity?
“Protest against the rising tide of conformity.” That was a gin ad IIRC they seized. A pouting Joan Baez and Bob Dylan posed beside the poster.””””
Boomers weren’t old enough to drink yet and the the ad was probably directed at the 60s generation that Joan Baez and Bob Dylan belonged to and that gave us the 60s (it wasn’t boomers).
I’d be curious to know those numbers/demographics in my state (GA).
Did you get that from a state source, or Federal that might have all states?
They showed they weren't intelligent nor well-meaning.
They didn't want to listen to anything other than the television and their echo chamber.
It’s easier to share a meme that sounds good to you or signals your virtue than verify whether it is true.
The corrupt government told you that 97% of folks over age 65 took the jab.
I wouldn't believe anything they told you.
Just like television, mass media, movies, and government propaganda, they're in the business of convincing the population that 10% who agree with an agenda represent 90% of the population.
The ad was from 1964.
Fair enough—but in our mostly conservative local area the numbers were probably over 90% for that group (based on word of mouth only) so the number is probably in the ballpark for the state.
Thanks. Wow, big difference between our states. More Republicans and more blacks distrustful of government, know about Tuskegee esperiments.
Not to undermine your observation but many of the elderly who took the shot were probably in nursing, convalescent or assisted living situations where they had no say in the matter. You have no rights there.
Indeed...
My concept of God is none of your business. Not germane to the conversation.
Your twisted view of God and his Christian faith was the whole point of my post.
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