One Reason behind Trump's Election (David Brooks column)

[Orange Buffoon]

Simple answer: people are just dumber than they used to be.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/opinion/education-smart-thinking-reading-tariffs.html

[Johonny]

1. And propagandist like Brooks helped that along

We are 4 decades into RW world and the people that started it are now alarmed by it as that world has gained a life of its own they no longer control.

LOL David, you "educated" people bigly to be primed for a dolt like Trump.

[Paladin]

2. Fuck you, David Brooks. Same for the rest of the NY Times opinion scrawlers.

As if we need any further proof that people are dumber than they used to be, after this last election. An election in which Brooks, the NY Times, and the rest of this country's mainstream media did their utmost to facilitate trump's return to the White House.

Unforgivable.

[sop]

3. Great opinion piece, couldn't agree more, we are more stupider.

"I’ve covered a lot of policies over the decades, some of which I supported and some of which I opposed. But I have never seen a policy as stupid as this one. It is based on false assumptions. It rests on no coherent argument in its favor. It relies on no empirical evidence. It has almost no experts on its side — from left, right or center. It is jumble-headedness exemplified. Trump himself personifies stupidity’s essential feature — self-satisfaction, an inability to recognize the flaws in your thinking."

[Solomon]

4. Here we go again. Yet another one that

looks for reasons other than the real one, racism. Americans have always had a dumb, anti-intellectual streak. They're not dumber. They're more afraid of becoming a minority.

[synni]

5. Republicans would happily vote for a black Republican

This isn't about racism, it's about fascism.

[Solomon]

8. Right. (rolls eyes) . Voting for a black

republican doesn't absolve a person of racism. Try and learn what racism is and how it works.

Everyday there's a new thread about how it's everything but racism. Ask yourself why fascism is so acceptable now.

[misanthrope]

9. You mean a "good one"?

Racism can be subtle and complex.

[Blues Heron]

6. None dare call it treason so they call it stupidity instead

Brooks has gotten a lot stupider over the years though.

[PJMcK]

7. We live in a nation of stupid people

When some says that Trump tells it like it is, I immediately know who that person is and that they lack critical thinking skills.

[leftstreet]

10. Sigh. Once again, Trump didn't win. Harris lost

These fucking moron columnists know better than this

6+ million reliably Democratic voters who showed up for Biden, DIDN'T show up for Harris

Why isn't he ranting about how dumb THEY are?