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23. Yep. The low-information voters.

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This explains a lot about our current situation.... [View all] mpreorder Feb 2020 OP

For more detail, see book by Charles Pierce - Idiot America MH1 Feb 2020 #1

And the original book on the subject, "Anti-intellectualism in American Life" by Nay Feb 2020 #12

I read that years ago. murielm99 Feb 2020 #55

I haven't read it for quite a while, but I do remember it as being generally very Nay Feb 2020 #56

Does Putin shit in a Kremlin restroom? JHB Feb 2020 #58

I wonder if my socks are dry yet? BBL rzemanfl Feb 2020 #2

I guess my only question is... Sloumeau Feb 2020 #10

I will die eventually. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #11

nope. never. pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #45

Mid-19th Century... safeinOhio Feb 2020 #3

attributed to Jefferson handmade34 Feb 2020 #4

Ignorance is bliss. Butterflylady Feb 2020 #8

Christianity - faith without wisdom rickyhall Feb 2020 #9

Yeah there's that. mountain grammy Feb 2020 #15

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people? cos dem Feb 2020 #24

I love it! zanana1 Feb 2020 #67

Educated... Whatthe_Firetruck Feb 2020 #66

Look to Rwanda for examples WhiteTara Feb 2020 #5

that was radio, and it is exactly the same problem here. it is the only unique advantage they have certainot Feb 2020 #37

Otherism kills TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #59

You're right and that is one chilling WhiteTara Feb 2020 #60

Stir in some religious fanaticism mountain grammy Feb 2020 #6

I think Asimov missed an important ingredient. Where do the benefits from intellect go? Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #7

But there are many of us who came from the poor side of the tracks who worked our way thru college iluvtennis Feb 2020 #16

Yeah, back when I was young you could afford college tuition, rent and food on a waitress salary. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #22

+ agree that college costs need to be reduced - no reason for the high costs. And college loans iluvtennis Feb 2020 #30

for 30 years 1500 radio stations have been used to attac public ed, teachers, 'intellectualism', etc certainot Feb 2020 #36

Yeah, they certainly made anti intellectualism popular. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #38

Yup Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #48

well said. nt iluvtennis Feb 2020 #39

I worked my way through school at a job where I earned union wages. rzemanfl Feb 2020 #52

So, the filthy rich reap the fruits of high intellect, but instead of hating the filthy rich Xipe Totec Feb 2020 #18

Yeah, you are right. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #25

yes he totally misses some of the most momentous changes Locrian Feb 2020 #19

Here's an essay he wrote TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #43

yeah I amost posted that.... Locrian Feb 2020 #44

nice try there .. but I think that's lipstick on a pig stopdiggin Feb 2020 #41

And yet they vote for Republicans Caliman73 Feb 2020 #42

Wow, that is spot on! nt iluvtennis Feb 2020 #13

And Fox News exploits this to the max. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2020 #14

it's not fox. fox is a decoy and symptom, the cartoon cliff notes for republican talk radio certainot Feb 2020 #32

Its splintered past talk radio Cosmocat Feb 2020 #64

internet is part of the free speech spectrum. it starts with radio and it's never been certainot Feb 2020 #68

Americans followed Ronald Reagan BECAUSE he had the alpha waves of a turnip.... lastlib Feb 2020 #17

The Shallow State (ten miles wide and an inch deep) DemoTex Feb 2020 #20

"I love the poorly educated" Mendocino Feb 2020 #21

Yep. The low-information voters. calimary Feb 2020 #23

It's a pretty darn big cult. patphil Feb 2020 #26

Cicero, 2 millenniums ago... Pluvious Feb 2020 #27

Cicero would have felt at home in 21st Century America. gordianot Feb 2020 #33

Gives me the shivers. Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #49

Good old Cicero, I have his book in Latin, it is falling apart, as am I burrowowl Feb 2020 #57

Good Quote! Newest Reality Feb 2020 #28

I blame fox news for mega brainwashing. Chipper Chat Feb 2020 #29

Idioiocracy Mendocino Feb 2020 #31

i love that bad movie. pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #47

Thank you. Hard to believe the movie wasn't promoted much so as rzemanfl Feb 2020 #53

Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan sadly predicted these times Dukkha Feb 2020 #34

And that is where we are now Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #50

Excellent quote. rec, nt. Mc Mike Feb 2020 #35

Looks like you struck a good nerve! defacto7 Feb 2020 #40

True, I remember this phrase from my childhood, "Educated idiot" Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #46

Never more true than it is right now. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #51

Especially in my region the South redstateblues Feb 2020 #54

Trump cultists 'know' better than all the climate change scientists, right? n/t Prof.Higgins Feb 2020 #61

Rather than creating life long learners, we create consumers. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #62

Carl Sagan from 1995 (15 years later - same theme) whopis01 Feb 2020 #63

I Ingersollman Feb 2020 #65