People are losing the ability to think critically. Some are made ignorant; others choose ignorance.
Still others are just plain stupid. Regardless, the demonization of critical thinking will cause the collapse of the United States.
The Founding Fathers understood that a democracy thrives when the electorate is educated. Thomas Jefferson claimed, “Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.” This experiment with democracy, as flawed as we have constructed it, is doomed to disintegrate if we continue to celebrate ignorance as truth.
Ignorance should not be confused with a lack of formal education. I know several PhDs whose intelligence borders on stupidity.
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