“I think we can already conclude that the average citizen does NOT have a spine and a brain. If they did, this country would not be moving toward Third World status at high speed.”
You have a valid point. However, it’s possible that what appears as stupidity and weak will is chronic distraction and the sense that it can’t happen here. When it does happen here, and it’s unambiguous that the government is the problem, maybe, just maybe some in the masses will awaken.
Heck..beer is better than water.