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PJMcK

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5. Too many Americans are stupid ignoramuses
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 10:13 AM
Jul 12

Too few Americans know anything about the rest of the world. They assume that other countries are third-world backwaters. They have no idea how much of the world is more advanced with better living conditions than much of the U.S.

I can’t find the source right now but a huge number of Americans never travel more than 200 miles from their homes. Yet they think they know what life is like in other countries. How dumb do you have to be to not know you’re dumb?

Face it, Trump got elected— twice!— because far too many voters are just plain stupid. As the expression says, Trump is a poor person’s idea of a rich person and a stupid person’s idea of a smart one. It’s pathetic.

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