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Mud Turkey 13
07/13/20 11:55:48 PM
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Political parties. George Washington called it when he left office.

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DD Divine
07/14/20 12:03:25 AM
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dumb game shows and reality shows are good places to start.

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BettyWhite
07/14/20 12:04:54 AM
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Our population is pretty much of the belief that anything associated with the opposing political party is not to be trusted, which to a certain extent is merited regarding the corruption in our government. A decent portion of our population just has a complete distrust towards authority.

All of which is stoked by the divisive nature of the internet.

Throw that in with general human stupidity and you have a good segment of Americans right now.

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St0rmFury
07/14/20 12:06:47 AM
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CloneTheHero posted...
another self-deprecating, liberal nonsense topic? feel free to move to canada at any time, no ones stopping ya lol

Lol you just proven TC's point.
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VTBM
07/14/20 12:08:19 AM
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That's a dumb question, however you DID provide proof sooo...

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Villain
07/14/20 12:24:14 AM
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CloneTheHero posted...
another self-deprecating, liberal nonsense topic? feel free to move to canada at any time, no ones stopping ya lol
Actually travel bans various countries enacted to bar Americans entry are.

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coh
07/15/20 7:12:27 PM
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Americans are no dumber than anyone else in the world, tc
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DD Divine
07/15/20 7:40:26 PM
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coh posted...
Americans are no dumber than anyone else in the world, tc


I dont know....have you seen how dumb the audience reacts to when someone does anything on The Masked Singer?

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Number090684
07/15/20 7:46:13 PM
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Propaganda, hubris, idiocy.... America needs shit to really hit the fan before most of them start to wake the hell up.

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Pitlord_Special
07/15/20 7:47:08 PM
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Social media and the internet giving the nutters an echo chamber where they can fuel each others delusions instead of being corrected by the balanced individuals theyd normally be encountering IRL.

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ZeroX91
07/15/20 7:50:07 PM
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Irony posted...
The genetics we got from the British

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Zack_Attackv1 posted...
High fructose corn syrup.

Intro2Logic posted...
Deliberate efforts on behalf of their leaders to miseducate them.


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Reality_check
07/15/20 8:01:09 PM
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1) Our former prosperity

when any joe two teeth can get a GED and walk straight to a coal mine or ford factory and still achieve the American dream (2.5 kids, golden retriever, white picket fence and a car) your population wont bother getting educated or doing any sort of thinking at all.

2) the guys in charge wanted us stupid

a stupid community is a community that is easy to control.

3) our own hubris

ask an average European or Latin American or Asian a question about geography or history or culture. If they dont know they will feel embarrassed: not knowing basic stuff looks bad on them, they feel.

ask an average MAGA guy the same question. He will take pride on not knowing. You see, if he doesnt know it it means it is not important enough to be known! Shame on that fact you asked for not being worthy of his knowledge!

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TroutPaste
07/15/20 8:05:41 PM
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apocalyptic_4
07/15/20 8:09:47 PM
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America the only country in the world where taking safety precautions has become political.


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Tired-Insomniac
07/15/20 8:16:20 PM
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Conservatives having any control at all over anything related to education

It's not coincidental that many of the states ranking near the bottom in education are former Confederate states.

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Jerry_Hellyeah
07/15/20 8:26:20 PM
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"Why are ***** people so stupid?"

Shut the fuck up and stop being an ignorant bigot. You dont know 0.01% of the people youre calling stupid based on the schlock social media you cant unhook from.

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mech dragon
07/15/20 8:35:35 PM
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I dunno what it was but it started with the colonization of Indigenous Native people and building a country on top of stolen land.

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CwebbMichSac4
07/15/20 8:41:18 PM
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gna647 posted...
Speaking as an American
why do you say this? that they're dumb?
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JuanCarlos1
07/15/20 8:53:47 PM
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-Hyper capitalism making a "fast food" industry out of every service including education which shits out students pretty quick without proper education.

-This includes the dumbing down of entertainment media such as news, movies, music so it can always attract the biggest numbers of consumers available for biggest profits, IE: Discovery channel doing dumb redneck shows instead of actual science cause its cheaper to produce and attracts more viewers. The rise of big blockbusters movies just cause they can make the most amount of money.

-Feeling of superiority against the whole world, because why the fuck do you need to learn when you're already the best.

-Still big role of religion in our society.

-Glorification of nonsense personalities, socialites just because they're rich and people wanting to be like them.

Its a combination of a lot of stuff, but I mostly blame the hyper capitalism culture in the US.

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rexcrk
07/15/20 9:08:10 PM
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Number090684 posted...
America needs shit to really hit the fan before most of them start to wake the hell up.
Hard to believe that not even a global pandemic was enough.

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St0rmFury
07/15/20 9:18:59 PM
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...
"Why are ***** people so stupid?"

Shut the fuck up and stop being an ignorant bigot. You dont know 0.01% of the people youre calling stupid based on the schlock social media you cant unhook from.

Another exhibit.
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MutantJohn
07/15/20 9:25:55 PM
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Everyone else is just as dumb, they just aren't as loud.

As for why we're handling the pandemic poorly, we just have a bigger culture around government paranoia and conspiracy theories
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Tired-Insomniac
07/15/20 9:37:05 PM
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rexcrk posted...
Hard to believe that not even a global pandemic was enough.

I always thought that a common enemy would unite the world

Like hostile aliens

But I now firmly believe that most of the world would band together while like 60 million Americans would say THE ALIENS ARE A DEMOCRATIC HOOOOOAX

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Dark_SilverX
07/15/20 9:37:59 PM
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Allowing perverts to control the daily lives.

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BruceWayneJr
07/15/20 9:55:39 PM
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America, just like the religion that props it up, has been lying about its virtue all along.

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rexcrk
07/16/20 9:20:26 AM
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Tired-Insomniac posted...
I always thought that a common enemy would unite the world

Like hostile aliens

But I now firmly believe that most of the world would band together while like 60 million Americans would say THE ALIENS ARE A DEMOCRATIC HOOOOOAX
Its sad that this isnt even an over exaggeration.

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Aki_Sora
07/16/20 9:25:50 AM
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No

America is numbah 1
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x_MINDGAME_x
07/20/20 1:22:49 AM
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I think it started after WW2 honestly...I think most Americans were fairly smart up until that point, because you kind of needed to be to survive. Nowadays, that's maybe not the case, I think Hollywood is to blame for misguiding a lot of people and encouraging degenerative behaviors. Also, it's true that war can cause people to sharpen up and actually move in a more progressive manner, however, with nukes these days, there really are no more major wars, so maybe the human race is stagnating a bit because of this sort of "global stalemate".

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Doom_Art
07/20/20 1:24:02 AM
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x_MINDGAME_x posted...
I think Hollywood is to blame for misguiding a lot of people and encouraging degenerative behaviors.
oh boy

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ledbowman
07/20/20 1:24:43 AM
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survivor season 1. not even kidding

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x_MINDGAME_x
07/20/20 1:39:14 AM
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Also, I'm pretty sure that there are a fair amount of really smart and progressive thinking people in this country, however, they're probably all really busy working very high caliber type jobs and so forth.

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Mistere Man
07/20/20 1:44:35 AM
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All the strange chemicals that companies have been pumping into us, and the Air/land/water probably doesnt help us much.

I mean I recently found out there is a place near me pumping gas into the air that causes cancer, and has been for years.


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Notti
07/24/20 6:56:00 AM
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Spoiled rotten over the course of 200+ years.
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