• SeaUrchinHorizon@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      I have to wonder, this has to be a uniquely American problem, right? I mean, the sheer quantities of stupidity in our society? Somehow I feel like I gotta hold onto hope people are like this just because of “a poor education system” or “propaganda” or “leaded gas” etc and it’s not just innate human nature for a portion of the population to be so goddamn stupid.

      • TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works
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        Sadly there weren’t polls to observe during previous dictatorship takeovers. None, that I know of. So to be able to gauge the stats of stupidity in Nicaragua or Germany during the world war isn’t possible. But I guess we can at least look at the accounts from the people of that time. I have a sinking suspicion that the human species is genuinely just this stupid, though. I’m in process of reading the book, “They Thought They Were Free” and “Before the Revolution” and it seems people are genuinely just very simple. Sorry, friend.