Take any mountain hick from a third world country and they will display for more intelligence, wisdom and ability that the vast majority of modern Americans. For proof one need only read FR today about squirrels, beavers and diet/exercize contributing to global warming.
We invented a whole other dimension of stupid.
” Take any mountain hick from a third world country and they will display for more intelligence, wisdom and ability that the vast majority of modern Americans.”
It sure seems that way. I lived in Malaysia 2002-2003, and the educated ones were a great deal sharper than the ones here. Of course, they slashed everyones taxes years ago, and the country is booming. Reagan is still revered over there.