“Sage time”. Be cautious about digging any deeper than that; I’m not intending to squick you.

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Why Are Americans So Bloody Stupid?

Out past the clickbait/ragebait title, she says:

“Ya’ll ain’t actually stupid. What this video is arguing is that a system was deliberately built to prevent a very large portion of your population from developing and using the skills of critical thinking, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence.”

I don’t know how anyone could even honestly argue with that anymore.

Why was this system deliberately built so, from the very time of our glorious Revolution and the administration of the proto-Trump whose portrait appears on your twenty dollar bills … right up to the modern mantra about leading, following, or getting the hell out of The Way?

An Aussie shrink named Samantha lays it out for you here.

Epistemic tribalism gives less than half a shit about whether you vote for the guy in the red tie or the blue dress lady.

Only that you continue to believe that democracy exists, and works, and is the best system ever.