US is succumbing to the fatigue...
Of having to pretend to be "exceptional". Lets hobble and limit the research and development that made us leaders in innovation. These latest moves come after a concerted effort to make Education more costly to students, as if culling the available student population to well-to-do will somehow produce a better result. Also... you can't trust people who are smarter than you are.
The " Simplification" of Walter Miller's "A Canticle For Liebowitz", carried out by roaming bands of "Simpletons" burned whatever written word was found, and murdered anyone thought to be harboring any scientific knowledge to prevent a repeat of the Nuclear Holocaust. "Good Morning, Good Simpleton". A quick read, and a good one from the 50's and it's cold war angst.
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not quite as lofty a reference as A Canticle for Liebowitz but same idea.
