Reply #80: The answer lies in the "dumbing" down of America.

[juajen]

It's very hard to get a consensus of opinion when over half of your population is uneducated and proud of it. It's like hammering your head against a brick wall. Eventually, it hurts like hell and there isn't even a dent in the wall.

The powers that be have been very successful in totally dismantling education in this country for the past 30 or so years. Critical thinking should begin in kindergarten; I don't even believe it is a required course in college these days, or is it? They've also been very successful in fattening up the population and making them feel so bad they cannot even walk around the block. No required PE in high school? What the hell? Are they crazy. No art? They are Philistines. In case some do not know this definition, it follows:

"Philistinism is a derogatory term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a Philistine is said to despise or undervalue art, beauty, intellectual content, or spiritual values."