Scientists say America is too dumb for democracy to thrive

[tinydancer]

Dumb them down then dominate them and they will thank you for their surrender.

Can we give them cake too?

Carrot cake. the revolution will be vegan

hehehe how do you make vegetable oil? and how many carbon credits does it take to do so?

 

[initforme]

I always laugh when I hear a politician or talk show host say "American Exceptionalism", what a croc that is. We are a land of people, no more. no less. Never believed in it for a second.

 

[Oddball]

"In other words, stupid people are too stupid to know how stupid they are."

Scientists say America is too dumb for democracy to thrive | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com blog

But how can that be?

Doesn't this come from the same bunch of academic "scientist" types, who have been in charge of the American education system for decades?

 

[initforme]

The wealthy want people to be dumb that way they figure they have servants as some elitist people believe that there needs to be janitors and toilet cleaners yet they shouldnt be paid much. A truly sick system of beliefs.

 

[initforme]

Ask Santorum why its snobbish to go to college. He obviously thinks we need servants. College ed is my sons only chance at success. That is just being realistic.

 

[Oddball]

The wealthy want people to be dumb that way they figure they have servants as some elitist people believe that there needs to be janitors and toilet cleaners yet they shouldnt be paid much. A truly sick system of beliefs.

A prescient observation...But not in the way you may have thought it was.

 

[Big Fitz]

Voting yourself the other guys money is willfully stupid.

We have arrived.

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[Unknown_Soldier]

It's not just stupid, it's uninformed. I am all for voter exams.

 

[initforme]

At 74 you had better not ask me to take an exam to vote. That in and of itself is stupid and idiotic.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Scientists say America is too dumb for democracy to thrive

 

[Mr. Shaman]

It's not just stupid, it's uninformed. I am all for voter exams.

Hell, then......

....only NEWLY-NATURALIZED CITIZENS....

....would qualify to Vote!!!!

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[bitterlyclingin]

Many Americans went into the voting booth and went "Eenie, meeny, miney, mo" in 2008. others thought to themselves "He was young and looked cool, so I voted for him"

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