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14. What bothers me is our trending toward the lowest common denominator ie: stupidity, ignorance, self-

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 09:22 PM

Nov 2021

importance, fear, hate.

Add the Dunning-Kruger effect with confirmation bias and apophenia and we've got trouble.

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The fascists won. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2021 #1

I think you're right about that. Crunchy Frog Nov 2021 #16

I suggest you go back to school and study Nazi Germany onenote Nov 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Nov 2021 #5

Tell us how they got to the holocaust tenderfoot Nov 2021 #8

That is a reasonable assertion Stinky The Clown Nov 2021 #3

And the nominees for most OTT post on election night are... BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #4

Based upon what? Philosophizing Fool Nov 2021 #6

lol c'mon now. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #7

The United States will be more like the former Yugoslavia. roamer65 Nov 2021 #9

Oh for shits sake. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #10

I can see why you feel that way, but unlike most Germans in 1930s Germany, Progressive Jones Nov 2021 #13