You forgot crystal meth. That for me is it in a nutshell. On these threads we tend to have hypercapitalist types who shrug about how 'losers' have only themselves to blame. In the world of free trade globalism anyone who isn't a genius is condemned to be a 'loser'.
A good army can win without having Napoleon level leadership. To get historical for a second Rome had a military system so good that with largely mediocre generals it beat one genius after another (Pyrrhus, Hannibal, Mithridates, Jugurtha). A good car should be easily maintained by the guys who spent high school smoking dope under the bleachers. And a good economic system should allow an honest, hard working person to be able to have a steady job and support a family. It has to work for people who aren't Bill Gates.
I also believe that. you see meth exploding in americas heartland - why? its because in these locales, people could once earn a living in agriculture, small busineeses providing agricultural services, and basic manufacturing jobsof various kinds. alot of that is gone now, replaced with walmart and generally empty "no future" service jobs. so many of them turn to meth.
I'm not sure what you meant, but I don't like to think of them as losers just because they have low IQ's. Good input though, and partly true. We had a fire in one of our grand old hotels, luckily mainly confined to two windows (which were all you could see on tv), which is still not in a blighted area; they are trying to drive undesirables further out to bring in the tourists. Meth lab. Caught both the culprits, put lives in danger.