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hobbit709

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6. H.L. Mencken said it best.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 05:46 AM

Oct 2015

"If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy is the theory that x X y is less than y" —

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US Stuck On Stupid. We Mock Intelligence & Worship Ignorance. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Oct 2015 OP

All By Design - Corporations, Oligarchs And Banks Rely On Stupid To Stay In Business cantbeserious Oct 2015 #1

GC BlueStateLib Oct 2015 #2

Sure the Republicans suck up all the air in the room. delrem Oct 2015 #3

FZ 90-percent Oct 2015 #4

Stuck on Stupid is a good description. bobGandolf Oct 2015 #5

H.L. Mencken said it best. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #6

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others Fumesucker Oct 2015 #7

Mencken and Ambrose Bierce never fail in describing American society. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #8

I'd add Twain to that list Fumesucker Oct 2015 #11

"A flea can be trained to do almost anything a Congressman can" hobbit709 Oct 2015 #12

Gore Vidal was pretty good when he was "on" too. bemildred Oct 2015 #13

The Sahara of the Bozart -- H. L. Mencken bemildred Oct 2015 #10

Aaron Sorkin said it so well in the opening scene of The Newsroom DFW Oct 2015 #9

Ten word answers PJMcK Oct 2015 #14