Depressing survey results show how extremely stupid America has become

[Frankie Pancakes]

Honestly I am not the brightest bulb in the marquee. But...It is obvious that education has been hijacked over the years as evidenced in the link below. There will be a lot of heavy lifting to get us all to the next level.

https://www.sott.net/article/315783-...ica-has-become

[Bill Ryan]

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There are some hilarious YouTube videos showcasing members of the American public, stopped in the street on camera, offering answers to simple general knowledge questions that almost defy belief.

(From memory: like not knowing how many points a triangle has, not knowing how many Eiffel Towers there are, not knowing how many letters there are in the alphabet, and placing Iraq in Australia on a world map)

Of course, these have been filtered for their astonishing answers, but some of the answers are still astonishing!

[Satori]

In your view, is this unique to America? Or are populations of other countries also being dumbed down?

[Hip Hipnotist]

Other countries/populations are not immune to 'being dumbed down'.

It's just that here in America being stupid/dumbed down is considered 'normal'. ;-(

[M-Albion-3D]

I was born and brought up in the UK so I received an "English education" for whatever that is worth. Now I live in LA and have since from the age of 21, so I've had a good opportunity to get a sense of similar age groups from when I arrived.


From my experience, Americans are quite smart I have to say right across the board except in two subjects, history and geography. The rest of the civilized world in these subjects, are in a different league. Over the years I have tried to ascertain just why this is, as these two subjects seem to have been deliberately diminished almost to the point of being removed from school curriculums. The results have produced generally "non worldly" Americans I'm saddened to say.


For example. A few years back, I was in Arizona staying with my in-laws and the rest of the "greater family" were present. We were playing a sort of trivial pursuit game on the TV screen (can't remember the name) and...a picture of the world was shown "flattened out" where the continents of South America and Africa had been switched. The question was, is there anything wrong with this picture? Everyone looked hard and not one person could see the switch! I was aghast.....but there you are.

[onawah]

It's not just the poor quality of education though, of course.
It's also fluoridation, chemtrials, GMOs, junk food, vaccines, HAARP, cell phones and towers, etc. etc.
We all know this list of mind-numbing, genocidal tactics on the part of TPTB.
It's a wonder we can focus at all!

[shaberon]

Posted by M-Albion-3D (here)
From my experience, Americans are quite smart I have to say right across the board except in two subjects, history and geography. The rest of the civilized world in these subjects, are in a different league. Over the years I have tried to ascertain just why this is, as these two subjects seem to have been deliberately diminished almost to the point of being removed from school curriculums. The results have produced generally "non worldly" Americans I'm saddened to say.

I think this has a lot to do with it being a relatively brand-new country, and therefor it was pretty easy to make up a bunch of national myths and disconnect it from the rest of the world. It inflates self-importance and perpetuates a view of the inferiority of others.

Not that great at math either right? When I took calculus, I heard that most other countries start it around 6th grade.

[Matt P]

Yes, I'm sure some truth to this...but...this is all that Michael Snyder EVER writes about. Negative, worst-case-scenario, make you feel stupid kind of "journalism." I simply refuse to read anything this man ever writes because it is always tainted with the absolute worst energy and expectation. You can always find stupid people if you look for them but rarely do we see attempts to find the smart ones. Michael Snyder never does and represents close to the worst of what humanity has to offer.

Matt

[East Sun]

I did not have the privilege of a good education, it was just somewhat different. I was a teenager in the 60's and influenced by US movies and t v. so I can see the vast difference between then and now.
Project Avalon members have 'inside' info, so to speak, so I think I can speak openly. I read recently, 'somewhere' that we are being purposely made obese through diet, of course. It's almost obvious, to me.
I am grieved to the extreme by what is being done to the American people. My family do not listen to me, so I stopped even talking about what I have observed in the past decades. And I know it's not just here in the US that we are being bombarded by chem trails etc. but I feel ar a loss as to what can be done to make things better for the ones who don't have the time to stop and wonder what's going on.
Trying to reach the masses seems insurmountable but eventually we hope to change the the process to a positive timeline.

We hope..............

[Jhonie]

Sure is accentuating the negative. How about 90% do know, 80% do know, etc.?

[Justplain]

Most of the Americans I have met are decent and intelligent people, so a biased journalist who only shows the ignorant ones is no less corrupt than the corporate owned fascist manstream media parrots.

When Yogananda first arrived in America almost a century ago he had an endless schedule of packed meeting halls of those who wanted to hear his message on self realization. Yogananda was groomed from childhood by god-conscious gurus to be a messenger to the west, in general, and America, in particular, because there was, and is, a population who live there who are worthy to receive and comprehend the message. The USA may have its troubles, and its evil people, but it also has a vast spiritual group that may help us out of this mess. Perhaps they should be given a little more respect.

[ponda]

If a nation state was going to be used as a type of global enforcer for geopolitical purposes then it would make sense to keep the 'voting' public of that nation state ignorant in geography and world history.

[M-Albion-3D]

Posted by ponda (here)
If a nation state was going to be used as a type of global enforcer for geopolitical purposes then it would make sense to keep the 'voting' public of that nation state ignorant in geography and world history.

I do agree. Understanding history is critical to depth of character. It is far more than just "events" of the past, it also teaches the "workings" of the passage of time. As a consequence, the human mind is taught hows' and wherefores of "social change" and how the passage of time affects the culture in which we live. Without this, a people will tend to live primarily in the present, somewhat flippant towards the consequences of one's actions.

It has been rightfully observed I think, that the old world, mainly Europe, educates it's generations to move in a circular "revisiting" fashion, forever repeating, conversely, the US education moves predominantly linear into the future.

An educated American population in these subjects, would perhaps, set this momentum backwards.

So in many ways, this pioneering American mindset, as simple as it may be, has a significant role to play in the evolution of modern human culture I believe.

[KiwiElf]

And I bet they all know how to use a "smart" phone LOL

[sandy]

It seems to be that the dumbing down of humanity has been going on for centuries and thus the older the inhabited territories, the longer the ignorance of what is .......pointing fingers at one country is decisive at best and somewhat arrogant to say the least! My 2 cents worth on this topic............

[ponda]

Posted by sandy (here)
It seems to be that the dumbing down of humanity has been going on for centuries and thus the older inhabited terrotories, the longer the ignorance of what is .......pointing fingers at one country is decisive at best and somewhat arrogant to say the least! My 2 cents worth on this topic............

Yeah the manufacturing of consent, manipulation, chemical dumbing down process and distraction of the masses is global. Imho these processes are tweaked according to which part of the globe they take place in and/or what the local/global agenda is.

[shaberon]

A lack of formal education is not dumb; having one and not being able to learn the basic lessons, is.

Here we have the dual engineering of weakening the mind & body on a biological basis, as well as the purposeful design of the curriculum, which is pretty weak on history and math. On the other hand, if you spend enough money with a good university, you will get good grades, without necessarily earning them. What we have is a huge pile of wasted potential.

I remember one time in the 8th grade, our assistant principal stood on top of a cafeteria table and gave a speech. Well, he was yelling, but trying to make a point. He told us that we were so stupid and lazy, that one day the Communists were going to take over from within, without firing a shot. No one seemed to have informed him that we had already been taken over this way and the engineering had long been established. That was 30 years ago (same people that clobbered us with something like a boat oar). I think he did that because one of the kids took the counselor lady's prosthetic leg and threw it to the end of the hall.

[CurEus]

The deliberate dumbing down of America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69HqxE74P5w

Charlotte Iserbyt - The Secret History of Western Education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr-aEtJVVdk
Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt served as the head of policy at the Department of Education during the first administration of Ronald Reagan. While working there she discovered a long term strategic plan by the tax exempt foundations to transform America from a nation of rugged individualists and problem solvers to a country of servile, brainwashed minions who simply regurgitate whatever they're told.

[Sequoia]

Posted by M-Albion-3D (here)
From my experience, Americans are quite smart I have to say right across the board except in two subjects, history and geography.

I have pondered the same, and the only explanation I could come up with as to why this is so, is multi-leveled but wrapped pretty well in "if you don't know where you come from you don't know where you're going", for not knowing your roots and history (which today is solely focused on military history of the world), makes you the best target for manipulation and brainwashing, so you do become the obedient sheep and keep repeating everything you are told to do, without ever questioning and, without learning anything of the wisdom of the past.

[Pam]

Posted by M-Albion-3D (here)
I was born and brought up in the UK so I received an "English education" for whatever that is worth. Now I live in LA and have since from the age of 21, so I've had a good opportunity to get a sense of similar age groups from when I arrived.


From my experience, Americans are quite smart I have to say right across the board except in two subjects, history and geography. The rest of the civilized world in these subjects, are in a different league. Over the years I have tried to ascertain just why this is, as these two subjects seem to have been deliberately diminished almost to the point of being removed from school curriculums. The results have produced generally "non worldly" Americans I'm saddened to say.


For example. A few years back, I was in Arizona staying with my in-laws and the rest of the "greater family" were present. We were playing a sort of trivial pursuit game on the TV screen (can't remember the name) and...a picture of the world was shown "flattened out" where the continents of South America and Africa had been switched. The question was, is there anything wrong with this picture? Everyone looked hard and not one person could see the switch! I was aghast.....but there you are.

I can't help but wonder if some of the geographical dumbness in the US is the effect of the extreme nationalism that we are indoctrinated into. The belief that we are so important, no other countries are worthy of our interest? There is this sort of us vs them mentality, that has always been prevalent.