Feast your eyes upon the video below and think on the famous statement of H.L. Mencken: "You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American Public."
A good book on the subject by Charles Pierce is "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free."
To think a nation of over 300 million people should be governed by the least intellectually adept among us, who know little and are not curious about much when the issues confronting us whether in foreign or domestic policy require the highest knowledge and expertise. Being governed by an idiot allows other nations which encourage advancement know they can rise above a nation that was once among the most advanced nations in the world. Now the US lags behind some First World nations and even behind some nations in the developing world. It is imperative we have the most intelligent, rational and intellectually accomplished govern! The larger law of nature -- survival of the fittest -- rules our planet whether we choose to accept it or not. It will prevail. Man's big brain puts him at the top of the evolutionary chain and has made him so adept at survival because he has the ability to adapt to a variety of environmental conditions. We are a species that cannot survive most especially in harsh climates but really in any climate without the ability of man to think rationally, work together and use his cerebral abilities to successfully accommodate his environment. It makes it possible for him to survive conditions that would otherwise kill him if he did not.
Each generation builds upon the knowledge of the one before it allowing homo sapiens (Latin for wise man) to reach the startling number of a population of 6 billion. It is easier for those in power to control those who are not educationally adept to get what those in power want. Republicans are wonderful at duping and screwing everyone else to allow policies that will make them rich at the expense of everyone else. The intellect education develops is the gift that erases ignorance and allows man to compete with others. When government directs the inclusion of diversity into policy we all benefit. Each has his own talent to give to the whole.
Government should be for all and not simply for the few. Maybe some day this nation will figure out that it is better to be educated and smart than it is to be an unquestioning fool.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/pennsylvania-church-blesses-ar-15-rifles-during-commitment-ceremony-1173647939750
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