Serious question - How did we become this stupid? [View all]
Charlie Pierce wrote Idiot America in 2010. I just put it on hold at the library. Maybe that will answer my question.
The answers are easy-ish: hate radio, Fox, Republicans generally, Evangelicals, the NRA, education funding, Trump, etc. But something tells me it goes beyond that.
What prompted this is the video of the crazy lady at Walmart calling mask wearers cultists.
It's beyond stupid, really. It's hate. It's the utter absence of empathy toward anyone else. Forget minorities or Muslims or libtards. These people hate everyone and everything. No critical thinking. And this is coming not only from young people. The videos out there show score of late Gen-Xers and Boomers.
It's truly breathtaking. And, sure, these are just the stories that make onto the internet. Maybe we're really okay. Sort of. Maybe these are the sorts of things that happen in every generation. We just didn't know it or pay attention or care all that much because there was no internet.
No, this is not a sudden realization. And, no, nothing surprises me anymore. But I mean this when I ask if anyone is really studying this. Not for the purposes of comedy or pop psychology. But really examining it. There is no question that Jim Acosta was right yesterday when he said that all who are left in the WH are kool-aid drinkers and next of kin. And there is also no question in my mind that the followers beyond the beltway are absolute cultists. How do you deprogram 60 million people?
Anyone know of any serious books about this? Any other thoughts?
And is there an emoji stronger than 
? Does this count? 
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