How America Became So Stupid

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Title inspired by BritMonkey's video: How America got so Stupid

[@Moon-Real]

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[@nigmane]

TRUE

[@Andrew.Spartacus.C.]

Bad news @Moon-Real All,founding fathers took oaths of secrecy to freemasonry BEFORE they either became founding fathers OR got involved in *the great American experiment* circa the Act of 1871...the establishment of USA INC.

[@MikkelDevs]

This is actually good content compared to your previous videos. Make more videos like this.

[@LONELYOLDFATHOMELESBUM]

Lol❤

[@Andrew.Spartacus.C.]

*There's not been a lawful standing government since the act of 1871, aka USA INC.* *U.S.A. is a corporation, not a country.*

[@cluelessdragoon7052]

I never claimed to be a smart person, but not being able to find the US on a map is crazy!

[@yeetusfeetus3059]

Americans are god awful at geography, I don't think I've seen one not know where the US is on a map though.

[@krisvelivia]

I can 100% guarantee you that footage is faked/exaggerated. Literally everybody I've ever spoken to over the age of like... 10 knows how to point to the US on a map. Same goes for being able to name at least 3 countries.

[@RyotoMatsu]

I never understood why many American people don’t know where the countries on map. It makes me so disappointed and how so dumber it become.

[@raeishimura]

@@RyotoMatsu Many Americans face poor education and systems that don't support them. Now, I definitely agree that footage is most likely faked, because I have never in my entire life met someone who can't recognize the US on a map, or identify other continents, or knows at minimum the general area of a country. Now, knowing the entire world map, no. The other thing is that Americans generally don't leave America, so it's not as big a deal. America is enormous, and it is literally possible to take multiple days to travel across a single state. Because of this, most people in America just learn where things in America are, because the chances of them ever even leaving the country for the majority of Americans is non-existent.

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

@@krisveliviaYou're actually right. That clip is from Jimmy Kimmel and while they do occasionally show real dumb responses to easy questions, most of the time they alter the clips to make the people look worse. For example, the clip may show someone asking "where on this map is the USA?" when in reality they actually asked "point to Brunei", "where is Kyrgyzstan?" I used to go to a music/recording school literally a block away from the show (M.I on Hollywood and Highland) and would see them taping these segments on occasion. Some of us got curious once after class so we walked over and they make it clear before you sign the release that they can and will alter the footage to make you look dumber. A classmate was going to do it but changed his mind because he didn't want to be ridiculed by people for a disingenuous comedy segment. Edit - to be clear, the clip showing the physical map on a stand asking "where is the US" is the one from Jimmy Kimmel

[@RE_INN]

"The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison." Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[@truejaneysue8269]

The illusion is starting to crack.

[@FinesseHamilton]

If you trick him to think he’s in heaven he’ll never try to escape.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

They say Slavery has been abolished but in reality it's just become refined and polished.

[@BigFCKNGun]

ahh yes, russian "culture"

[@ViNncentSmith]

@@BigFCKNGun oh an american "culture"

[@thomasb.smithjr.8401]

I like the part where you reason that kids don't want to go out anymore not only because they're social media addicts, but because there's nothing really to see or do. Nothing but eight lane highways, cookie cutter subdivisions, strip and shopping malls, fast food restaurants to the horizon, vanishing open space, et al. A real geography of nowhere ... 😮

[@NeonValleys]

While I have a particular distaste for American architecture, saying there's nothing really to do doesn't float, there wasn't much to do back in the day either. Young people will make their own things to do on their own by just going out and socializing, it's entirely the fault of the internet here IMHO

[@thomasb.smithjr.8401]

Well, sure, as the film The Florida Project demonstrated. The two little girls who had to make the most out of living in a tourist motel on the Kissimee, Fla stroad strip. So I get it. But are they the better for it ? What's the likelihood that one or both of the girls winds up like the mother - a former stripper turning tricks to make the week's rent ? 🤔

[@pedrogutierrez1547]

I agree with you in part. US's relaxed immigration allows for an influx of people from all parts of the world, most especially Catholic Hispanics from the south. This gives the US a lot of soul. What you don't see a lot of in the South American countries is zoning. Cities and towns are built using the old European model, which allows for much more human interaction. There are cities like this in the US, but they are also the most expensive places to live.

[@jamesb6396]

If you embrace the "its okay to steal" philosophy theres alot to see in the suburban sprawal. 😂

[@RaxiazRedux]

@@NeonValleys car dependency killed childhoods and teen adventures.

[@Turrican]

The growing divide on the planet is not race, religion or sexuality. It's intelligence.

[@rheasummer5806]

And kindness

[@thomasb.smithjr.8401]

Intelligence will always show stupidity to be a house of cards - at best. To paraphrase a quip from writer John Leland : hip (i.e., intelligence, street smarts, perception, creativity,, imagination, common sense, et al) always knows a smarter way [to do things].

[@reggoo12]

its neither of those. Its class. The upper class purposefully keep those lower than them dumbed down and poor, it's what gives them the power to remain on top. It's no coincidence that today's massive wealth inequality gap has led to the downfall of the common person's living conditions

[@mnemonic6047]

@@reggoo12 that's just an excuse to take the easy route, I'm from a country that was ravaged by war, ate bread for anniversary's, and then I became a drug addict, then I started seeing that I'm not the only one in this case and made me angry, gave me motivation, made me what I am today, a successful IoT Cyber security engineer that is considered as a upper class in the best country in Europe, The reason i'm saying this, is because people read your type of comments, they continue giving up and think it's normal and there is no other way, Life is pain, if it's easy, you're doing it wrong.

[@conformistbastard9842]

Stupid people outnumber smart people 10-1. The Internet has given all these idiots elevated opinions of themselves that they never deserved and the rich and powerful use that against us.

[@MrS-pe6sd]

As an American I will urge you to be very cautious citing CNN as a reputable source.

[@aiv4873]

They’re reputable, as long as it’s not about the opposing political. Fox is the same way, reputable until you ask about the opposing party.

[@BobGeanis]

​@@aiv4873 they are not a reputable source.

[@ALF782]

CNN is a clown show that needs a Trump type figure to survive.

[@danielgoring1328]

​@@ALF782CNN would still find something else to moan about if Trump wasn't around

[@roserevancroix2308]

CNN is trash, like most media outlets, they do what the left tells them to do. They lie about almost everything or they do not report on it at all - media used to be about informing people, today it is only about spitting out leftist propaganda in our face 24/7 just as they do in every new game and movie.

[@jasongodwin1319]

WALL-E was a prophetic warning.

[@Nogoodideasfornamesrn]

For real

[@aligmal5031]

the movie idiocracy too watch it if you haven't

[@andreimitrica77]

Wall-E and Brave New World

[@jasongodwin1319]

Accurate replies. I have seen both several tmes. It's like when the Onion creates a satirical news story then years later it becomes real.

[@halo1433]

Just like all movies

[@RudiW1510]

"What happened to the American dream?" "It became real." - Watchmen

[@koilamaoh4238]

Its called "corporatism", this is the nixon/reagan era of trickle up economics. Gotaa be asleep to enjoy it. ITs where all american dreams/jobs went to china and other 3rd world countries to exploit for cheap labor, as wages became worse and living standards/mental health declines. There was no dream, your dream was for your feudal lord, so he can become rich and go to heaven.

[@LTS720]

"Its called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin

[@ryanscott2745]

Funny how Shkreli didn't go to prison until his crimes affected investors...

[@AutoAndChill]

"I don't want a nation of thinkers" - John D. Rockefeller

[@GeeEm1313]

Winner. Most people don't realize how this family has influence and control in everything.

[@Salmacream]

@@GeeEm1313 Thats a wild claim with no supporting facts. The Rockefeller family being the big bad who did the evil deed of, "Influencing and being in control of everything." makes the whole world much more simple right? It cant be a billion minor problems that all need individualized fixes. It has to be 1 issue. If I can point out this 1 thing, the world will be "X" percent better. Frankly I hope you are right. But the argument needs work.

[@andrestoro2391]

Hence why the mf expelled financial education out of the school system

[@Michael-F4ul5kzbuck]

keep everyone under you dumb

[@peterclaydon9782]

dumb people are easier to control .

[@bodhixxx1]

I feel like a Alien on my own planet.

[@derekmaullo2865]

Me too. It sucks balls. School and university ruined this

[@shaneupham2097]

I feel like that every single second when I go on youtube or even turn on the computer.

[@hunterkinsella5303]

Fr

[@_looner]

Same

[@richardslifer1052]

Nanu Nanu….

[@PugilPixels]

The Enlightenment emphasis on 'reason' was essential, but it's important to remember it coexisted with a brutal age of colonial expansion and slavery. These contradictions foreshadow some of the internal struggles the US still faces today.

[@The_Catnip]

My country were destroyed and concured by Tatars, Mongols, Ottomans, Austrians, F4scists, C0mmunists, the West. We were slaves and were almost destroyed. We learn and remember these but don't whine (well, some of us do about the latest attempt to destroy our country) about it, we look into the future, building up ourselves while keeping our traditions and sovereignty. Victimhood is for cowards.

[@evilgrandmaofficial]

Those countries that were de-colonized must be utopias like Zimbabwe! Oh wait…

[@pappi8338]

@@The_Catnip I am an Ojibwe. One of the many tribes that were forced to conform and become "civilized" and "cultured". My great grandma was abused by these "educators" and was forced to marry one of his friends. We still stand today, poor but happy to be around. I've seen more self-centered dunces in Suburbia, USA crying about their "struggles" and "how hard the world is" than I can count.

[@The_Catnip]

@@pappi8338 Western people and mainly Americans becoming dumber and dumber. They don't know anything about the world and they don't care. If they would have learned history they would know that every nation has its "common tail of woe".

[@jameschristenbury2625]

I agree. The Enlightenment was a paradox where great insight into the sciences and arts was made, but there was destruction of cultures and economic systems outside of Europe. What Enlightenment critics get wrong is that "reason" is responsible for colonialism and slavery, which is bullshit. It was the lack of reason and questioning one's own biases that led those atrocities. We can agree with the achievements of rational inquiry and condemn colonialism. It's not an either or case.

[@krispyq8103]

“This is not going to be just a boring history lesson” exactly the reason why our country has become dumber. If you don’t know anything about your past, you won’t know anything about your future. Those who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it.

[@moreauclement9702]

Yet, USA don't repeat mistakes of the past. To quote Jeff Goldblum : "You're making all new ones". All of these problems didn't existed prior to the end of 20th century because they couldn't exist at all

[@CoopaCoop]

When youre making 100k and cant afford a house in the Tri-State area, you know something is wrong...

[@explosion6768]

Damn you Doof

[@Tespri]

yeah your low IQ for trying to get a house in state where everyone else is trying to get a house.

[@mariekatherine5238]

I was making 50K by working 75-80 hour weeks and could no longer afford a rack in an illegally subdivided house with a bathroom shared by 14 people, at age 56 after a single emergency surgery wiped me out. I lost my job and it’s replacement fired me for not taking Dr. Ouchi’s poison. It was worth it to live in my car for two months during the height of the c-sickness to get the hell out of NYC and state. I cancelled all my social media and have gone back to a flip phone and this used tablet. I live in a caretaker’s cabin, middle of nowhere, mostly off-grid. I’ve gone back to the old way, doing my business the old way whenever possible. My internet comes from public sources, powered by my truck battery.

[@AdamStarr816]

I for sure can't afford to buy a home. But i hear stories like this all the time online and it just makes me lose all hope. I think we've been had.

[@Aurazan]

Most of us in Central/Eastern Europe can only dream about earning that much.

[@silksonic3927]

Short answer: greed Long answer: greed

[@averagenerdknight]

That's sum up, Just Greed In Amercia its already showing cracks of amercia

[@Frazier16]

Socal media, bad schooling, and greed

[@jfnarmour]

J

[@Newramsin]

Greed, fear, laziness, envious, entitlement, insecurity, and that's just to name a few, that I'm allowed to say anyway..

[@jackkawf4449]

Power is more accurate, when everyone is dumb, it's easier to persuade them under your control or narrative.

[@phubans]

Man, I've been saying this stuff for years, it's depressing. I wake up and spend my whole day working on making stuff that I care about until I'm too tired to continue, then go to sleep, and do it all over again, day in, day out. From decades of doing this, I learned that monetary success doesn't come from doing what you want to do, it comes from doing what other people want you to do. Nevertheless, I will continue working on the things I love, because they make me happy and will attract worthy people. I don't need the status quo.

[@watashiBUGBEAR]

Wise words

[@BorisG13]

Yup, that’s values.

[@cattymajiv]

VERY very wise indeed!

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

When you are hanging out with friends and they say you " think too much " ....its time to move on.

[@richp858]

YESSS THANK YOU I learned these lessons way too late in life. Never let other people hold you back.

[@meagain448]

I've been told that many, many times. And just as many times, I've told them they don't think enough. And yes, I did move on. You're right.

[@mosthatedpersononyoutube1]

Just like the saying goes: “Idiocracy was not a movie, but a documentary.”

[@darienalvarado5185]

Funny enough, you can find Idiocracy on documentary streaming websites 😅

[@eckobase5807]

Demolition Man joined the chat 😂

[@AnthonyRusso93]

Documentaries often are movies why do you think they are exceptional to one another is you a modern American or sumn ish

[@yaboymattias]

Boy you have no idea how true your words are

[@KarmaSwiss]

Npc

[@IPLayedVR42Long]

As someone who worked retail in America for a number of years. I can confirm 90% of Americans do not like to read.

[@jeremywallis1960]

No, you cannot confirm any such thing. Stop making up statistics to prove some imaginary point you invented in your head.

[@thuylinh-px7mv]

I work customer service with an American client base and I can confirm as well. I'm surprised everyday at how much they actually do not read and cannot write. Cherry on top is the entitlement.

[@IPLayedVR42Long]

@@thuylinh-px7mv big time. Can't stand it.

[@warrentalbot329]

Im 43 i steal books from the library all the time. I take them back but i still steal them . I find the constant monitoring stifling

[@michaelrichards5340]

Work in chat customer service, it's often like you're talking to yourself. Not only do they not read, if they do manage to read it, they actually need it broken down, sometimes very simple information is incomprehensibly for them, and often times instead of accepting that they didn't understand, they get into this entitled mindset and just go feral. further looking like an idiot in the process. Chat is very easy work to do, esp when you can type and think fast But as a person that's often ahead of people, I must say it's truly annoying to give a customer the exact information they need and watch them trip over it and then u have to spoon-feed them in smaller bites like a toddler until they get that you can't board a flight, complete the reservation and then get a refund because the Airport staff was rude to you. Or providing a link on how the charges for changing a flight will cost, assuming they read the link and then when you present the charges for the change they requested, they're confused and need a "breakdown"... Then I have to breaks down the the breakdown. Wild stuff. A word that constantly leaves my mouth involuntarily at work is... "did this person go to school?" And Id rather not start on their amazing grammar and consistency in misspelling simple words, cause you know, you're typing so u may slip up on the keyboard, it's fine, but don't be getting mad and constantly misspelling the exact same words in every sentence..... That's not a keyboard error.. you actually don't know..

[@GKitz211]

This is an extremely important video. Everyone should watch it. Worldwide!

[@gamereditor59ner22]

I grew up in America in late 90's and thank goodness I developed, still developing, common sense and intelligence to see this madness.

[@n4ughty_knight]

Take my word of advice and be sure to check every little detail of your life for wokeness. If you find ANYTHING (no matter how small), stop doing it right now. Madness will be your future if you don't.

[@Dusterdimmu81]

Me too im 35. Glad i grew up without the internet. Its nice to know i had some semblance of a normal childhood

[@RealJonzuk]

dont you feel crazy when everyone around you doesnt understand but you can see it clearly lmfao

[@T.H.E.O.R.Y.]

I noticed as a kid in the 2000s things were getting worse. I remember the case of the lady with the hot coffee suing and winning against McDonald's iirc; again when McDonald's bore anger against France and so started calling fries freedom fries; and of course Dubya. Yeah, even as a kid, I saw things going sideways with litigiousness and lack of decorum.

[@Halo_Legend]

Worst part: there's nowhere to leave. Maybe Slovenia, IDK.

[@SamM-gl9zc]

My daughter is 17.. Just last night we were listening to a local radio station doing an All 80's Weekend. I told her I bet that if I could take her in a time machine back to the 80's, she wouldn't want to come back. Sure, we'd miss our phones at first, and there would be moments where having a phone or Google would be nice, but it really is ok without them. I will Always believe that even with all the amazing advances we've made, things were better before technology took our lives over.

[@ryucartel351]

It's OK for a civilization to know that they can do something, and choose not to👌🏻

[@Wagon_Lord]

ok then get rid of your phone (hint: I did this years ago)

[@kaelinfisher6813]

Aww, yes the good ol days where parents didnt want to murder their children for their own convenience.

[@JamesRockefeller45]

Bro people have been aborting babies as long as there has been babies.​@@kaelinfisher6813

[@BenDover-qd1sr]

​​@@Wagon_Lord "sent by Iphone" 😊

[@romesrepublic]

I personally think social media makes Americans, as a whole, look far more ignorant than we actually are because that's what gets views. People love thinking that their group is more intelligent and knowledgeable than another group. And will happily believe any negative thing they hear because it makes them feel better about their own insecurities. Especially when it comes to these supposedly "random" street interviews. I'm more than willing to bet these content creators go out of their way to find the dumbest people they can find. People who can't name more than 3 countries are rare. Almost every American is aware of Canada, Mexico, China, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, France, Italy, Israel, Egypt, Australia, Thailand, Greece, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Ireland, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, North Korea. Finding an American who hasn't heard of any of these countries is rare. Because they come up in regular conversation ALL. THE. TIME here. I work in the service industry, and i interact with people all the time. Americans as a whole are not as ignorant as social media would have outsiders believe. We're the most wealthy/powerful country in the history of the world and have been for a while for a reason. At the end of the day, there are dumb people everywhere. Our dumb people are just highlighted by the media more than in other parts of the world. Because it sells, and probably to make the rest of the world underestimate us. Reminds me of the time Henry Ford had to prove he wasn't ignorant in court because he wasn't as informed about American history as people thought he should be. Anyone can be made to look like a dummy or a genius when asked the right questions.

[@CivilizedWarrior]

Absolutely agree. Content creators aren’t going to highlight the guys like us who could name 50+ countries off the top of our heads, or answer every history question correctly. Why? Because nobody would want to watch that. Let’s be honest, we all seek out the train wreck mindless idiot content because it makes us feel better about ourselves that “no matter what I’m dealing with right now, at least I’m not that friggin dumb,” regardless of whether we’re fellow Americans, or from Europe or some other continent. Just like with news, you rarely ever hear good nice heartwarming stories, because “if it bleeds, it leads.” They know that fear, shock, and awe is more likely to get views. Same reason more people watch reality tv or read gossip mags than people who read/watch something educational or inspirational. The negative and outrageous will always sell faster than the positive stuff. Period. But it’s a balancing act, as most things are, moderation is key. Consume too much trash tv and gossip crap, without reading and educating yourself here and there, and you become one of these mindless idiots, who can no longer think for themselves, and believe whatever they hear on tv. The brain is a muscle too, and if you never bother to flex it and work it out, it withers and turns flabby.

[@med2904]

So how many people did they interview to find those 5-10 imbeciles? 1,000? 10,000? I'm Polish and I moved to Japan 9 years ago. Until now I've met probably like a 1,000 Japanese people who asked me where I'm from (even cashiers and strangers on a street ask me this on almost daily basis). And not a single one of them was ever like "Poland? Is there a country like this?". A few didn't knew that Poland is a country in Europe. But all of them at least heard the name. And all of them understood when I told them "It's a country to the right of Germany". I'm also telling them this in Japanese. So I'm not selecting for smarter bilingual people who speak English. So people like this literally don't exist in other countries. None. Zero. You can keep interviewing random Japanese people every single day for a month and you won't find a single one who can't name 3 countries besides Japan. You'd have to talk to 5yo children or to people in a mental asylum to find someone like that.

[@wut940]

Not an American here, genuine question: do you guys even have geography class? If so, then what do you learn on them?

[@averageleagueofficial7229]

lol yes. Basic curriculum definitely covers basic geography, worldwide and what is in the states (which is huge by the way). The shocking videos of very dumb people is far from the norm of your average American

[@radidov5333]

is not that the program is bad, I mean, USA its got the most expensive schools which it means they can afford the best, so even with the best programs, teachers,etc etc.. is not about that, is about the social and culture important. Nobody cares here..because it doesnt matter. You see it in their attitude and even in TV ..laughing about how they don't even know if the planet is flat or not and carry on with more important things in their life

[@isabellebenavides854]

As an American teen who recently lived and went to school in England for a year, I know firsthand just how little Europeans deem our geographical knowledge. Firstly, to answer your question, the average American public school curriculum does not include a formal geography class. That being said we do typically learn about the different US states in elementary school, usually within social studies/history class. However, like I said, we learn about the states... so the class is limited to American geography. Therefore, yes the average American does not know a lot about geography outside of America, and while I do believe this is an issue, I don't think It's so fair to judge Americans quite as harshly as Europeans often do. The average European does not truly understand just how big and diverse America is. Our country is GIGANTIC and the different states have very different cultures, in some cases even comparable to the cultural differences between European countries. I'm from Nyc and I just started at a college in a state called Wisconsin, I'm sure you've never heard of this state. Most of the kids at this college are from Wisconsin themselves and I find it very difficult to relate to them, their culture is really different from mine. Similarly, like this video mentioned, most Americans don't go outside of the country to vacation, because they can really just fly across the country to discover a different culture/climate/ lifestyle, it take me the say amount of time to fly to LA from NYC as it does to fly to London: 8 hours (It takes someone in London 2 1/2 hours to get to Paris BY TRAIN! Chew on that). Again, I don't really condone this, as I still think Americans should experience perspectives from outside of the country, but you get the point I was trying to make. Overall, what I am trying to say is that, yes, although America is not quite as big as Europe, the country almost functions like a continent in some ways. Therefore, although it is still an issue that we are quite ignorant in learning about the rest of the world, the rest of the world is somewhat ignorant too, because they lack some perspective on the situation and the actual size of our country- AND, personally, I would appreciate if British people would stop asking me if I can name all 7 continents, I'm a New Yorker, I know my shit.- Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk (:

[@whisterbin]

geography is addressed almost entirely in elementary school

[@mario10zeus]

Teacher here, I've taught World History 6th grade, and I integrated geography as much as I could. One big issue we have is that when the kids are not scoring well in state tests, they take time from social studies in order to extra prepare.

[@chicken]

As an American, I fully endorse this message!!

[@RandomShoppingBag]

I second this message!

[@dee-cee-233]

Хахаха тупые Американцы, скоро Россиская Империя будет номер 1 в мире.

[@PhantomToast304]

I third this message!

[@thatonescrambler]

Hur dur!!!

[@gingerikepike2664]

Me to

[@TheRedAnvil40]

I started going to church again, meeting with friends, deleted most social media and my life got SOOOO much better. It really is that easy.

[@Psyfi85]

After I looked into the Adrian Jones story I devoted myself to God again. And that absolute evil tragedy happened in bum fuck Kansas, the American “heartland”. This country is coming apart at the seams, and the worst is yet to come.

[@Pidbullz]

You dont need religion to do those other thing,but yea religions get followers only at their most vulnarable state sadly.. as kids orlonely fkd up adults

[@edie4321]

So I guess the economy and all the chaos doesn't affect you. You're very lucky.

[@Roger-mw9el]

⁠@@edie4321well if you can learn to cut distractions and unnecessary costs out, the economy really won’t hurt as much. So many people want to live in big cities, it’s not that expensive to live where I do (ND). As far as chaos, that has been an issue for thousands of years. Only thing you can do is focus locally. Then you can start to be a beacon for the rest of the state/nation. Start small and see what you can accomplish.

[@Pidbullz]

Ah yes someone comments on finding god but i cant comment on why it may be bad. Great sensoring, gotta make sure it looks like everyone in comments always agree. Great way to create echo chambers

[@heyzoocifer1392]

Whoa. Didn't expect this to be so good. You hit the major points. The modern day is like an episode of the twilight zone. A true rapidly declining culture.

[@MADTHEJUDOKA]

I got chills when dude said “as more and more people lose their potential to addictive algorithms and vices, it only means less competition for you”. I felt that all the way in my bones, because I will be at the top of this new world. I swear on that.

[@D64nz]

And yet here you are, a pawn of the algorithm. Face it, you are just like the rest of us.

[@-pressxtostart-]

@@D64nzwell thats just conjecture you have no idea what they do with the other 23 hours and 40 minutes of their day, theres a difference just watching a video about subjects they like than being a pawn of political or progressive ideology and agenda

[@916hayabusa]

‘Marketing’, convincing people they need something, that they don’t need, it’s insidious and triggers all of the worst traits in humans.

[@stonytina5177]

Still not as bad as religion. Especially those three religions from the Middle East.

[@916hayabusa]

@@stonytina5177 religion is the oldest marketed commodity ever. Covid was marketed as the religion for the technological age, you have the devil (covid) the priests (msm, scientists ‘tm’, politicians) the holy book (lockdowns, masks, “stay at home, protect the nhs, stay safe” etc etc) and then the saviour (experimental injections). The only difference is how something is sold to the public, unfortunately most of the human race are idiots and because they feel the need to have a purpose to their existence, they latch onto whatever the majority of society is supporting, it’s why football and religion do so well the non thinkers will always make up the majority of any public.

[@916hayabusa]

religion is the oldest marketed commodity ever. Covid was marketed as the religion for the technological age, you have the devil (covid) the priests (msm, scientists ‘tm’, politicians) the holy book (lockdowns, masks, “stay at home, protect the nhs, stay safe” etc etc) and then the saviour (experimental injections). The only difference is how something is sold to the public, unfortunately most of the human race are idiots and because they feel the need to have a purpose to their existence, they latch onto whatever the majority of society is supporting, it’s why football and religion do so well the non thinkers will always make up the majority of any public.

[@916hayabusa]

@@stonytina5177 religion is the oldest marketed commodity ever. Covid was marketed as the religion for the technological age, you have the deevil (covid) the priests (msm, scientists ‘tm’, politicians) the holy book (lockdowns, masks, “stay at home, protect the nhs, stay safe” etc etc) and then the saviour (experimental injections). The only difference is how something is sold to the public, unfortunately most of the human race are idiots and because they feel the need to have a purpose to their existence, they latch onto whatever the majority of society is supporting, it’s why football and religion do so well the non thinkers will always make up the majority of any public.

[@916hayabusa]

@@stonytina5177 religion is the oldest marketed commodity ever. C was marketed as the religion for the technological age, you have the horned one (covid) the priests (msm, scientists ‘tm’, politicians) the holy book (lockdowns, masks, “stay at home, protect the nhs, stay safe” etc etc) and then the saviour (experimental injections). The only difference is how something is sold to the public, unfortunately most of the human race are idiots and because they feel the need to have a purpose to their existence, they latch onto whatever the majority of society is supporting, it’s why football and religion do so well the non thinkers will always make up the majority of any public.

[@BakuGone]

It should be illegal for children under 14 to own a smart phone

[@kevinle1083]

I would advocate just not using any social media. From Twitter to TikTok. Brainrot and idiocy at its finest respectively.

[@adryannthedefender701]

Also a tablet, ive meant iPad. Also at 14 ive had my first cellphone. Damn how time fly.

[@Yuri-nc9vl]

It's better if we (all) stop using social media.

[@BiscuitDelivery]

So you want the government to step in and raise your kids rather than you taking responsibility for your own children and raising them yourself? Sounds like a brilliant plan.

[@shawnm2405]

18-21

[@christopherwebb3517]

I was watching Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure the other day, and there's this gag early in the movie where the history teacher asks B&T who Joan of Arc was, and B&T (who's supposed to be the dumbest kids in the class) responded with "Noah's wife?" The sad part is; this gag will almost certainly fly completely over the heads of your average college-bound highschool kid today.

[@_Just_John]

Working for an American company made me realize how utterly incompetent people there are. They are good at keeping the PR "we can do it attitude" but actually not doing anything. It brings me a lot of joy to post in thread to get an update for an issue we brought up, we were promised it will be fixed "in a few days" and the thread is 4 months old. And people in my proximity have the same experience in their companies with American management.

[@Zxs2202]

“This isn’t going to be a boring history lesson”. There you go, that’s the reason, everything needs to be entertainment nowadays.

[@krab8599]

nah americas education system is COOKED i saw someone in my class say that they didnt know what the difference between a country and continent is, and that they thought that there were only 2 wars in the ENTIRE WORLD...

[@reska200]

I didn't find it entertaining, I found it disturbing.

[@cavedon.felipe]

Nailed it.

[@user-vn5iy7zp8f]

if there's one thing in life that's anything but boring, it's history. it's everything anyone could want. the prob is, it doesn't always have a happy ending, and heroes and villains aren't always easy to identify. it causes dissonance, and Entertainment Brain doesn't like that. we like our heroes shining, our maidens beautiful and virtuous, or villains ugly and easy to identify, and our conflicts resolved neatly.

[@irurouni]

Interesting observation. That the people behind this video, intending to educate the public, also needed to assure the public of its entertainment value. Why the tension between being educational and being entertained? It is as if there is a natural assumption of their diametrical values. Really? Dumbness might be more of an internal, attitudinal and spiritual issue first before it is represented by external performances.

[@Protomomentum]

i believed it was my autism preventing me me to blend in with others, im starting to realise that the real reason is more likely that we don't share the same values

[@robertsteinbach7325]

Believe me, I feel you. You really don't want to fit in. That means selling your soul and that's a price I won't pay and neither should you.

[@RichardHansbury]

"Fitting in" is highly overrated. Build your own unique humanity.

[@user-vn5iy7zp8f]

nah, it's probably your autism. anyone who blabs to me about "selling their soul" is insisting i believe in "souls" in the first place....which i don't. living with autism (and all other neurodivergent conditions) is rough.

[@its3amagain.]

keep going ❤

[@cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197]

This will sound like a troll but its not... start smoking cigarettes. For real. Since all cigarette smokers are forced into small, limited areas in public, you can meet a lot of people and can engage in decent conversations from time to time with other people smoking. Of course tobacco is terrible and addictive and you want to smoke as little as possible but Ive gotten more conversation out of doing this then I would have had otherwise. Its an unintended benefit of the psuedo-ban on tobacco.

[@BorisG13]

This video is so good! Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing this work and creating such content! We need more people like you having their content gain traction and have an impact on more and more people! It’s so depressing seeing the content people consume, the way they think, their priorities, etc.

[@omgitzpaige2013]

10:32 I will say, just having access to public spaces makes a world of difference. I work at a restaurant that’s behind a park/playground, fishing pier, and library. Children and teens are out there playing and interacting with each other all the time. Just having safe and affordable access to spaces like these is all most people need. They will use them.

[@unknownymous-lo6nn]

"It's called the American dream because you need to be asleep to believe it."

[@richardscathouse]

George Carlin RIP

[@skymabile1613]

RIP Mr. Conductor😭

[@3Kefka6Palazzo9]

"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem!" I always loved that one too. I wish Carlin was alive to give his commentary on the world today, though it's clear he saw it coming decades ago.

[@SkollTheWerewolf]

The American dream was never some grandiose, lavish live of luxury and wealth. All the American dream is, is living your life in a way you feel comfortable with. To not wake up every day and worry everything has gone wrong, or you're in danger. The American dream of living comfortable is possible today, we just need to put in the work to get rid of the establishment to do it.

[@USmetallist]

George CARLIN!!! 😍👌

[@civroger]

Better in Norway. Unhealthy food is taxed. Healthy food is cheap.

[@samaelmorningstar8110]

Better for white people! Haha.

[@artur24able]

In UK, we have Sugar Tax, which makes drinks like regular Coca-Cola more expensive to buy

[@civroger]

@@artur24able We had that too. Extra tax on sugar and chocolate. From 1922 to 2021. Don't know why they removed it.

[@deufvelli]

Yeah, so if you sell heroin 20% more expensive - people will quit heroin, I guess.

[@artur24able]

@@deufvelli less people will be able to afford it, less people will be incline to try it since it will be more expensive, and people will not be able to afford more of it per purchase. So yes.

[@forman208]

The woman who couldn't even name 3 countries, and said New Mexico as one of her options. It's beyond belief an adult like that could exist.

[@inigo137]

Also, a bunch of stuff in politics that are straight up illegal in most countries are just legal in the US. Lobbying, bribes aka "donations" etc

[@scottthomas3792]

For what it's worth, most of the people I see in Half Price Books seem to be in the twenty- something age range .....

[@amezah6]

True

[@amezah6]

But they are a rare breed

[@nephimcknight5832]

It's all by design. No need to ask how we got here, they've literally written it down in books for everyone to see. Until people fight back, nothing changes

[@fuqupal]

Yeah, but if he said that the video would be removed

[@bdbeats7209]

Exactly. None of this is a coincidence. They want a population of overweight, stupid, chronically sick consumers doped up and obedient. Unable to form a free thought or make rational conclusions.

[@mernyr]

Problem with that is people are too stupid to know they need to fight back. The ones who are smart enough are too comfortable and complacent to do anything.

[@hunterkinsella5303]

​​@@fuqupalthe same media that lets us share how our country fucking sucks but wont let us connect to stop our country from sucking

[@Earl_E_Burd]

When he said the education system was designed to educate...

[@mrad408]

I live in a low income neighborhood. There are (in a 3 mile stretch of road ) 2 McDonald’s, Burger King, Jack in the Box, KFC, PopEye’s chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. This is insane.

[@kaelinfisher6813]

More insane than that is most people dont care and will go there every week if not everyday.

[@roserevancroix2308]

Just because it's available doesn't mean you have to use it, you can use the same logic for drugs and prostitution too. I can use it but does that mean I have to? No, you have a choice...unfortunately the dumb always make the stupid choice.

[@steverl22]

They want you fat, dumb and mindless.

[@snorriivan6365]

And no affordable supermarkets I guess...

[@tammybeams]

I live in a small town of less than 10k people and there are four (4!) fried chicken fast food chain restaurants in a similar 2-3 mile stretch of one road. Popeye's, Zaxby's, KFC, and Bojangles all in one morbidly obese town. This place is doomed.

[@disliked1390]

Prople outside the US like me cannot believe how ridiculous this country has become. Used to be everyone's dream to be an American and now I don't even want to go visit you guys. You guys ruined a great thing with dumb politicians and no education.

[@Antinational2]

You really hit the nail on the head with this.

[@That_Guy_Se7en]

You know its serious when moon makes a one hour documentary

[@JamesWagner-vv9iz]

I felt as if it was kind of transphobic in some ways though

[@DROUVA]

@@JamesWagner-vv9iz this comment is so ironic its not even funny hahaha

[@WomenAnonymous]

@@JamesWagner-vv9izwhat 💀

[@firzaassakha2627]

@@JamesWagner-vv9izthere's no such a thing as transphobic

[@larry3254]

@@JamesWagner-vv9izW

[@Thinkingisdead]

All the greatest nations fall from within.

[@Frazier16]

the british empire

[@n4ughty_knight]

And you can't comment on why they fell otherwise you're censured

[@Katsura-San124]

​​@Frazier16 They let go of their Empire and are now crumbling as a result of doing similar things as us.

[@Thinkingisdead]

@@Frazier16 they really went Grow your empire and gain a stronger grip on your annexed nations ❌ Become gay for no reason ✅

[@Philly_bul]

Were armed to the teeth, we wont let it this time.

[@XOPOIIIO]

The reason why people in the past seemed to be more enlightened is because culture, art, literature etc were dominated by intellectuals, and the consumers were mostly aristocrats. But due to development of capitalism, common people became more wealthy, middle class appeared and they wanted to consume a different type of culture. That's how popular fiction and then comic books, entertainment cinema etc started to get the ground. And in the social media age due to algorithms commoners started to find entertainers among themselves, not just among intellectuals who are continuing to entertain them through Netflix etc. People didn't become dumber, on the contrary, average person today is more educated that the commoners in the past, it's just that commoners in the past wasn't so visible.

[@radidov5333]

agreed but I would also add that more educated people rose as also dumber people..the numbers went to both extremes, leaving the middle (well balanced) smaller. Same as the economic situation.. there are more rich people now but also way more poorer

[@D64nz]

No, mostly it was selective media. Elvis Presley was many times more famous than Neil Armstrong, yet this video wants us to pretend that they were ever equal. It's cherry picking and choosing, and mostly wildly inaccurate. Never once is there any actual evidence of this so called 'popularity' either. OP just wants us to "trust him bro". It's ASMR BS with zero evidence.

[@DanyF02]

I'm impressed that you managed to bring up all of this realistically depressing stuff and still leave on a positive, hopeful note for the future.

As an American; this is accurate.

[@samanthacanning7293]

Australia still relevant tho🫴🏻

[@IsaacFoster..]

Bro are you Elon? becasue no one else would buy a channel and name it X

[@gavinvdh9554]

@@IsaacFoster..bot

[@hollywright7522]

No he is not Elon he is somebody else

[@JamesWagner-vv9iz]

He posted it again award

[@BDuffProductions]

I've travelled all over the world, and from what I've observed first hand, it isn't just America that has become stupid. It's the entire planet.

[@99999myk]

I noticed the same thing with immigrants and visitors alike. Disease and war used to keep the population in check.

[@Vargre]

Funny, so have I, and we are definitely leading the charge towards damnation and idiocracy. And the rest of the world sees it. The US used to be respected. Now we're looked at as a bunch of obese, lazy fucks obsessed with guns.

[@mytmouse57]

So, we’ve become Planet Dumbass. Great …

[@fuzzypanda1684]

Nah, it's just the west. Other countries are fine, like most of South America, Japan, and uh...South Korea? I'm sure there's at least...one or two more.

[@visualthings]

It's true that the rest of the world managed to "catch up", mostly since the rise of social media and the shock that was the pandemic. I see people in France, Austria and England embracing outlandish theories, whereas 10 to 15 years ago the US had its unique brand of stupidity. We weren't smarter, but there is an amount of propaganda in America that wasn't seen in Europe since WW2 (the "American dream" where success is available to anyone, the feeling that no country is as free as America (when the average European country offers actually more personal freedom), the fascination with the military... Now people blame everything on the "woke culture" (whatever that actually is, or how much it actually exists), but that goes back further than that.

[@bradoalfredo5203]

Thanks for an incredibly high quality, high content video that combines and connects history to our current day in a good faith manner. Your attempts to create engaging videos with important information is par few and very important to our social climate. You are amazing and I don’t deserve this for “free”

[@BrianJamesShanley]

This is the best thing I’ve seen on KZbin in a very long time.

[@LordMerf1297]

I'm 23, and it seems like the America I love died before I got to experience it.

[@apophis2129]

I'm 35, and that is a true statement

[@ibnyahud]

Centralization of power= bad We need to return to local rule. We can run our own schools and communities instead of looking for federal handouts. Feds should only be running the military and interstate commerce

[@Roger-mw9el]

@@ibnyahudabsolutely, our federal government is completely over bloated. We need to go back to how it was before WW1. At that time we barely had a national debt.

[@richardaaron4454]

The 80’s was peak America imo and the 90’s were good too but it’s gone downhill fast since then.

[@yearginclarke]

I'm 38 and my life has never been easy here. I've always struggled with just getting jobs my entire adult life, the biggest issue I've ever faced. I'm talking basic manual labor jobs, because that's my style of work. They say no one wants these jobs, but I beg to differ. I've always experienced lots of competition. It was like that 20 years ago for me, and it's still the same shit now. Tried getting dozens of different jobs closer to home over the last year, but naturally nothing has panned out. I think we need more easily accessible apprenticeships and job training for a WIDE range of industries. (not just trades or manual labor jobs) College isn't the right fit for everyone. I know at least for me I wouldn't have succeeded in college.

[@redgrizzly1492]

"The world used to be a bigger place." "World's still the same, mate. There's just less in it."

[@DevinGibbs-cg7yb]

Absolutely goated quote from Captain Jack which applies to our world today

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Damn

[@sjs928]

SIMILAR TO THE QUOTE FROM Norma Desmond ( Gloria Swanson ) in “ Sunset Boulevard “ … “ I’m STILL big , it’s the pictures that got smaller … “

[@Bonserak23]

Think he means it use to seem bigger, as in it would take years to travel from say euope to china and back, or a month or more to get across the Atlantic, do the would seemed big, now you can reach most anywhere with in a day or so.

[@riiddisbuk2496]

On the other hand there is more... Stupidity.

[@chrisperez3972]

Thanks moon, appreciate your work.

[@TheMightyPika]

It used to be that old people would talk about how bad things are today. Now, it's the young people talking about how bad things are today. This is sad.

[@ComsiCaterpillar]

People are so dismal now, it's the depressed people that suck nowadays, "nowadays" are actually WAY better than the past. I'm 43, I remember the 80's and 90's .... they were horrible: hate filled, homophobic, racist, violent ... The 80's was a fascist decade, America was basically 1930's Germany, if Germany had not invaded their neighbors. I would never want to go back to the Regan era, it's all stupid nostalgia, Ditto the 90's

[@TheMightyPika]

@@ComsiCaterpillar This is true and valid (also in 40'a).

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

@@ComsiCaterpillar the 90s were less hate filled in america, the 80s yeah ok the red scare and all demonic bs ok ok but fascist? do you even know what's fascist ??? also there were less censorship back then. millenials can't parent and my generation is a lost cause and oh please don't compare that to 1930s germany! experience is nothing when you're that confident saying stupid sh1t like this

[@stzi7691]

'Cause they seem to be really bad, but there is also alot of social "doomerism" with it. But personally there is a trick anyone can do. Put a couple of Pennies say 20 in your left pocket and in your right pocket in the morning. Everytime something good happens to you, you put a penny from your left to the right pocket, and for anything bad vice versa. At the end of the day you do the balance and see, where you end up. Alot of days I have more pennies in my right pocket, but I am not from the US 🤷‍♂

[@mightytheknight2878]

​@@ComsiCaterpillar Yes no its phobic of homophobic, racist against white and violent against anybody who doesn't swing the agenda flag of pride. literally nothing changed, it's just the same but worse, because now people are even stupider to the point, they don't even know that racism includes against whites also, not just blacks. so, no, its not dismal, its actually worse especially with the victim car spam; it's like Anakin in star wars, there becoming the very thing the swore to destroy; and it's all-due dumbness and extremism.

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Literally a summary of what I’ve been trying to explain to people for the past 5 years. Now, people are so dumb they can’t even comprehend what’s being said.

[@lavieenrose7925]

Don't get arrogant in your knowledge. People aren't dumb, they're fearful and lost and imperfect

[@flavioluis8218]

​​​@@lavieenrose7925Hot take, that is yours. You're partially correct but you're also partially wrong. You'd be surprised to know many people truly are dumb. They may not be the ones you talk to or know of, but there are too many dumb people.

[@Roger-mw9el]

@@lavieenrose7925 No, people are certainly more dumb. People can’t even focus anymore. Heck they can’t even take responsibility for their actions or lack of knowledge. For example, I watch a KZbin channel on personal finance called Caleb Hammer, and it literally amazes me with how many excuses people use that their parents never taught them about that. All while having billions of minutes of personal finance lessons at the tips of their fingers. My parents never taught me much, while they are nice people, not an example I wanted to follow. Now I try to pass my knowledge to my daughter who is 2. I pray she will be independent and far exceed my accomplishments.

[@reapersasmr5483]

​@@lavieenrose7925no not all all ... I have meet way to many 30 and under .. this is what they want , doing nothing and have the government take care of them, the easier and dumber they can be the better ..when common sense and facts are , conspiracy theories and hate speech you can't say other wise

[@spacecadet7606]

@@lavieenrose7925 yeah, they’re that, but they’re also extremely dumb and weak too.

[@saplouie]

Idiocracy was such a good documentary. I wonder when the first season of "Ow My Balls" starts.

[@daidracofosgate518]

Always enjoy your content when I have the time. Excellent video. Thanks for doing the work to produce it. Hope it monetizes well for you!

[@Ohnoyobronoflow]

"Pandoras box didn't need opening. They put a screen on it. And we started looking willingly."

[@seanknox5785]

Did you write this quote? If so, you need to “” your words. Well done.

[@Ohnoyobronoflow]

@@seanknox5785 yup off the top of the dome.

[@adamantiiispencespence4012]

Those spirits being out in the world is what caused the harm, not the sight of them. So it's not really a great analogy.

[@Azraelxdd]

@@adamantiiispencespence4012 🤓

[@tehmackness]

Oh yea

[@freegg123]

It’s not stupidity, it’s ignorance, which is worse.

[@kubrickenigma7977]

I disagree. People know better. It is deliberate -- not accidental -- stupidity.

[@lukewarm6369]

Hmmm it's more apathy

[@TruthIsLikePoetry]

its by design from the elite overlords. Stupid people are easier to control and exploit. Its why it used to be illegal for slaves to read or be educated.

[@Deck_Dynasty]

It's a combination of the 7 deadly sins, notably wraith. After growing up in America and leaving permanently 10 years ago, I realized how ANGRY Americans are.

[@alurnima]

@@kubrickenigma7977 All combined imho. And each Generation will get worse.

[@jamesworley9888]

I think beep beep I'm a sheep has made the world a profoundly stupider place in and of itself let alone tiktok or any other nonsense.

[@yffuyfooG]

true, moon is just ah attention seeker

[@diabojunior]

"This country was built by rational thinking" Bro, the founding fathers wrote "all men are equal" but they had slaves.

[@suncrestt4839]

he never said they were perfect but you can’t deny that people used to care about values such as respect and integrity a lot more back in the day

[@diabojunior]

@suncrestt4839 This values we share all above history. Between our friends, family and other people. The type we share change between generations. This values is that he claims in video is a type from it generation of the "illuminists", but they shared between the aristhocrats and the high burgeoise that wasn't in favor of the clerige of the royales because this "sharing" is between them, the class that want to struggle again'st another.

[@conformistbastard9842]

​@@diabojunior slavery was a common practice all over the world back then. Obviously they were talking about landowners and whatnot when they wrote it. Slavery was not American made so quit acting like it was.

[@cattymajiv]

@@suncrestt4839 They did NOT care about them though! They only cared when it suited them, and that only included the certain groups of people who they prefered! They tortured and massacred anyone who they didn't like the look of, didn't understand, or who might make it a tiny bit harder for them to steal and rape the land!

[@jonisabin4938]

It’s not just America. It’s a lot of westernized countries, most 1st world countries. Phones and being “connected” like you said is not what makes humans live a full life. We are literally a community species and we have no sense of community anymore and only care about one’s self. While caring about yourself is great, narcissistic amounts and ill placed pride is not. We are betraying our very nature.

[@therealistshow9335]

Not true the world learns about everything around the world but for some reason America think they too good and the best to learn about other countries out side of America, they think their the best

[@Maxvansteel]

I know, right. This is not an American problem, this is a western problem. All those interviews are staged interviews. They want a pan-western inferiority complex to dominate. This way the elites have no competition.

[@jeffersonhassan4558]

​@@therealistshow9335say it louder

[@THEPRESSTV]

​@@therealistshow9335thank u

[@THEPRESSTV]

No no this is a you problem dont bag it on europe

[@adamj8385]

The 2020's will be remembered as the decade where Common Sense was an Uncommon Virtue.

[@mizu7662]

Common sense has never been common, it was always a myth that your average person possesses a decent amount of sensibility.

[@adamj8385]

@mizu7662 hence, being Uncommon. Very sad.

[@brianteague840]

I'm afraid the decline in or moral and mental fabric will lead to the 2030's and 2040's will revel in the intelligence of the 20's, 10's, and 00's.

[@radokk3267]

Cringe

[@ROBBIEDZ]

2020 didn't cause this, it only exposed it.

[@edwardsanchez3708]

feminism and divorce and single parent/mother homes are the biggest cause

[@ThumbnailGrail]

Lack of compassion is a big one I'm noticing. All these videos that film in poor areas. Some do it well, but the majority seem to lack empathy and compassion. It's entertainment featuring people who are vulnerable and can't hide. Where is the love?

[@DeepThinker193]

Mind you, those kinda folks. Do not look at videos like these. They're probably watching the Kardashians right now.

[@cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197]

This video is everything it proclaims to rail against. Its just a different flavor of the same garbage that hypnotizes society.

[@realization8919]

​@@cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197 Yeah it seems to use a lot of fearmongering and using previous fears people had about american society to sell the product(video)/ideology this channel wants you to engage with. In my opinion, some of his points are very overblown or just incorrect which undermines some of his better points.

[@vuorimestari]

@@realization8919 Yes I became sceptical when I noticed the year 1917 was mentioned continuously along with showing things related to.. Nazis?? And WWII itself was completely left out, why? Tbh, this whole video is basically sewed together from a ton of non-related things and presented vaguely as if they are, in fact, directly related. This surely isn't a boring history class because this is not history. Feels like I'm being manipulated.

[@cannotfindmyshoes3]

True.

[@ajc5930]

@@cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197 Seriously all of his videos are just rehashed versions of his older videos. Also it's rich that a guy from the UK is making a deep dive into American culture.

[@HumorDash]

When intelligence is outnumbered by idiots. It's the smart people who are stupid.

[@ransakreject5221]

Deep.

[@LittleKitty22]

Yup, I find that in most situations it's now easier to just pretend to be retarded.

[@GunnerRDS]

How can a singular NOT be outnumbered by a plural?

[@GunnerRDS]

Meaning, this was a poorly written comment.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes

[@h2ojr1]

"If you need a good sobering look at the state of America, all we need to do is look at its politicians" CAN WE NOT?!? PLEASE

[@Mikilangelo]

Absolutely excellent analysis. Thank you!

[@ASXSFS]

"How America became so dumb" one answer: social media

[@farleymarly2575]

💯

[@nelson5953]

*A broken education system.

[@jessecortez9449]

​@@nelson5953broken implies it's failing. I assure you it is very, very successful to it's aims. I used to teach high school history. The entire system is engineered to dumb down students and to make them hate learning at all.

[@ryoukwjdbwopqmqpzl73819]

Especially tiktok. Combined with Usa ranking first in the developed world for misinformation, you get NPCs

[@sergpie]

@@jessecortez9449 And to adopt an existential guilt for the holocaust.

[@tedecamp]

As an American, I believe our biggest issue, hands down, is Idol Worship. Too many of us place way too much stock in following what ignorant celebrities have to say. Just because a person is famous, doesn't mean they are smart. Despite this, over half the country practically worships people like Jake Paul, Will Smith, Kanye West, and Taylor Swift. It doesn't help that companies know that we have an idol worship issue because they stick celebrities in all the advertisements. Like, why the hell do i need Kevin Heart to sell me car insurance? What's worse is people fall for it. LeBron James told you to go buy some shitty sneakers and people actually do it. HOLLYWOOD AND THE CORPORATE ELITE NEED TO FIX THEIR SHIT

[@scottanderson2458]

Spare a thought for us Brits. We're sold car insurance by animated Russian Meerkats.

[@rishypantina7527]

Ikr thats the problem! If the next gen is watching these brainrot shows then god knows where we are going! We have to work to create a better life for the next gen, not destroy it!

[@mrmonokel2335]

Partly right. Except its not about celebrities, but rich people. Why do we all (and esp the Americans) think that just because you are a billionaire you are a better human being?

[@jameswilliamson3210]

@@mrmonokel2335 well we got the worst of both worlds with a celebrity billionaire president.

[@OriginalBongoliath]

*corporate

[@zacharygray1687]

Thank you for writing this. There are so many evils attacking us, and we owe it to our children to teach them how to be on their guard. When I feel discouraged, I take that last quote to heart: Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

[@psforos]

Well presented research, very informative and leaving one with much to ponder.

[@WolfHowl71]

An Idiocracy is an easy society to control.

[@elpsykoongro5379]

Also is a society that collapses on itself faster than the french have any revolutions

[@JinxMarie1985]

Agreed and just look at the experiments with covid and the people that so easily just listened to all of the BS. Sheep. They're easy to control.

[@bonchidude]

Brawndo, it's got electrolytes. House of Representin' and President Camacho has a speech to deliver. F*ckrucker

[@0x777]

Pol Pot? Is that you?

[@dacksonflux]

Have you even watched the movie? It was chaotic as hell. Everybody was out of control.

[@MajimaEnterprises]

As a Brit growing up in the late 90's-2000's, I consumed a lot of American media (more than my native British media because I thought most of it was uncool). I generally looked up to America and its badass image (Undertaker was my childhood idol), but we really need to stop copying them now. There's literally no positive characteristics to current day America. All mimicking them through the 2010's to now has resulted in is the culture wars making their way over here and more and more people who don't really need cars buying cars, resulting in an absurd amount of traffic, people paving over their front gardens to turn them into driveways, poor air quality and people becoming more unhealthy and detached from nature.

[@Pero-zl4jp]

The British Need their culture back. All of Western Europe too.

[@DarthCovider]

America is real life Mordor. Don’t allow the shire to become like It. Haha

[@MidnightGreen4649]

it's a bit odd because when I was a kid I was watching a ton of Top Gear and that was where my sense of humor and personality really developed. I guess I got really lucky lmfao

[@jishservedcold3536]

​@MidnightGreen4649 me too! I'm an American guy, but I've always looked up to British humor because I appreciate snide remarks and sarcasm. Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson was incredible.

[@MidnightGreen4649]

@@jishservedcold3536 Compared to American comedies, Top Gear is far better written. Ironically, I think it's because it doesn't always rely on comedy. Even if you don't feel the same love for cars, constant laughing and joking gets stale very quickly, and the emotional moments and funny moments are really well-balanced out. A masterclass in good writing and scripting.

[@nosonoliento]

In school I had teachers that were there for a job. I had a few teachers that taught me how to use my brain, how it works, not just fill it with facts. Those are the teachers I remember.

[@idoblenderstuffs]

buddys not even american

[@Edertainment01]

The irony about watching this video is having to endure ads pop up every 2 minutes

[@JLeppert]

Brave Browser. I haven't seen an ad in years.

[@LigmaBawlsYoutube]

Ublock origin is your friend. Brave browser works too.

[@brunoutechkaheeros1182]

just use Revanced 😂😂😂😂

[@f1o18iwi9]

ad block? or make an account in turky or ukraine and pay just 2 dollars for premium.

[@damsen978]

Because you're using a phone to watch KZbin. Who the hell wastes their time away on their phone watching YT? You're not missing out on anything.

[@emanu1656]

the solution to a ton of these problems is to go offline, but then here we all are..........

[@ZarHakkar]

There was a period from the 1990s to 2010 where the internet was actually an incredible tool for freedom and knowledge. That golden age has faded now in lieu of attention-hoarding slop and optimized commercialism, but there are still occasional echoes of that original aspect.

[@Safename40]

@@ZarHakkar have you watched Truthstream Media on youtube?

[@up9307]

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[@V.3__]

@@ZarHakkarSometimes I wonder if the internet would’ve been better off if it had never been monetized

[@roserevancroix2308]

Just because we are all here doesn't mean we are all dumb. And we are not all here - most of them are looking at kittens or OF or argue on fb or upload buttpics to ig... Smart people use the internet to their advantage - stupid people use it to waste time and create problems.

[@cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197]

Ironic that this video feeds into everything it rails against.

[@danielzachary2488]

Kinda getting that vibe too. Care to expand?

[@Dycline]

Actually a pretty good video. The ending was spot on. In a world where people are declining it provides us with the unique opportunity to notice the decline and look at ourselves and say. What can i do to use this as an opportunity to rise up and make a difference. Small differences in a community lead to widespread change.

[@AnCapDog144]

Let me correct you there. The education system DID NOT fail to do what it was designed to do. This was deliberate, especially by special interests who wanted “workers” instead of painters, philosophers, thinkers, innovators and pioneering entrepreneurs who used their imagination

[@stacythomas9916]

Absolutely correct, along with a healthy overdose of blind patriotism brainwashing started out by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance daily in gradeschool and being told how much more "lucky" and "free" and "better" we all are than everyone else. Ignorant people that don't think critically are easier to control, and people who have bought into how "wonderful" something is, even when it really isn't, are far less likely to rise up against or criticize it.

[@Benjy2707]

He made a video about it. "How School Ruined Your Entire Life"

[@CyberChrist]

@@Benjy2707Does he mention John taylor Gatto's "The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher"?

[@jamiekuchma]

School taught us nothing worth a damn except how to be good wage slaves

[@jamiekuchma]

The fact that education is so prohibitively expensive tells you everything that you need to know we would rather have dumb people than a smart prosperous country

[@ineedtofish]

As an American, I fully endorse this message.

[@blogdesign7126]

Same and our politics reflect how the USA became stupid from within.

[@skwills1629]

Except its Wrong and King George The Third was Not a Tyrant or even an Absolute Monarch, and America's Founders had Ulteruor Motives.

[@abstractpixie3146]

Amen! 👏👏👏

[@melodicwonder5428]

As a TicTikTokTard I can’t type. Or spel. But I stil smrt. Mony? 100 k minum.

[@justaneditygangstar]

@@melodicwonder5428as an American we don’t claim you. Pick up a book ffs 😂

[@Agent3142]

So his solution is turning back the clock, masculinity and religious virtuousness sounds like groundhog day to me.

[@richardhobbs7360]

Yeah, he mentions Christianity and church like 500 times. We get it, as far as your concerned there's only 1 group of Americans

[@Mr._Anderpson]

Most people in Europe own a passport. That makes sense. Now, recall that Texas alone is three times the size of the UK. Many Americans don't have passports because we don't need them. I'd love to visit the UK, but my Arabic is a bit shaky.

[@thehorrorist3471]

Exactly. People fetishize europeans as these intellectual aesthetes. They all speak several languages simply out of necessity. Every few miles is a another country that speaks a different language. And societal decline is ubiquitous. The only reason America gets the brunt of the criticism is because of our global relevancy.

[@RosesRRed-ek2zk]

As an American I agree , we have become dumb down/stupid however I believe it doesn’t end with us. it’s reaching everywhere. It’s depressing and sad.

[@Thecatnamedkiwi]

Yeah we definitely started it ha :(

[@Supadrumma441]

Yeah its started infecting the UK and Australia too

[@bioliv1]

Yes, you started it, where Norway has become the second stupidest country in the world by now. I found a place in France I'll check out next year.

[@Mike_Sunshine]

As someone watching America from the other corner of the world. It truly baffles me how some people are so stupid, and I don't mean that to belittle them. I have sympathy for them, something has gone terribly wrong in the American education system. I sometimes watch Trump rally interviews and it's unbelievable. I can't even fathom how some of these people live their lives being that low intelligence.

[@RosesRRed-ek2zk]

@@Mike_Sunshine I agree the American education system is a joke. I’m an American,I know people that support Trump and some that hate him lol I can tell you low intelligence is on both sides trust me 🙄In my opinion, it’s education,culture and lack of basic decency.unfortunately I believe it doesn’t end with America it’s just getting started.

[@MrS-pe6sd]

My wife and I cook home meals every single day. We are successful, we own our own businesses, and we’ve been doing it for over 11 years. Plus it’s also cheaper. Just start doing it, make it a routine. You’ll see. Don’t let the garbage in our culture define your daily routines. That’s how they get you

[@Thankujp]

Any tips for starting out?x

[@billyford2262]

What type of businesses

[@mycatwilleatyou7569]

To start out, it's a lot easier to start kinda slowly. It is a lot of research and work. It's easier (at least for me) to integrate better habits slowly. Once you have one better habit, add another one. Cut out nasty stuff slowly too, and slowly replace it with better options. I'm at the point where I will be making bread for our family instead of buying it. We grow our food or severely scrutinize what we buy. But it took me awhile to get here. There's a lot of information to navigate

[@thatshawt]

@USians talking about doing what is a routine for the rest of the world, as if this was some kind of an innovative idea 🤡🤡

[@xoreign]

@@DarthCovider It's a public comment section for people to leave their own thoughts. If you get angered by people using the platform I think the one who needs to take a break is you.

[@QuesQueriosityQuabinet]

Yo, it may seem like a minor point, but there were 2 World Wars. The one that started in 1914 didn't have Nazis or Swastikas. The alliances of WWI were a little different from WWII. You could argue that both wars and the Great Depression were all part of one big event. However, it's important to note that the trigger for World War I was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and a general crisis of European monarchy. World War II, on the other hand, was an expansionist war on all sides, the result of furious jockeying for world dominance.

[@tsnovak20]

Only 800K views after a month???????? Everyone should see this!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHARE, and LIKE

[@EnnVee959]

These clips of people unable to answer simple questions may have required many interviews before a truly clueless person appeared. All the Americans I have ever met are reasonably educated and aware of the world around them.

[@idkoctavia]

Yeah, cherry picking is always very clear

[@Bizzmark11]

I have one friend - a schoolteacher in her 50's - who once asked me why we haven't landed people on Jupiter. Another 3 don't believe in the moon landing. I remember other students in school struggling to find Europe. Sure, my sample size is small, but the point is you don't *actually* need to search far and wide for ignorance here, and this is because it's by design.

[@soldierofmisortune4413]

It varies by location. I've lived all over the US & there are pockets of ignorance all over the place. College campuses, for example, are often one of those pockets. Inner city ghettos as well. Not dumb, per se, but ignorant to different ways of thinking. I think it stems from being in an isolated or insulated environment. That's my best assessment anyway.

[@a.somerset7393]

I live in SF, recently posted an ad to rent out a room in my place. I have been barraged by stupid replies. My roommates and I placed an ad in the local Sunday paper for another roommate about once a year in the 90’s, not so much stupidity back then. A lot of it has to do with the internet and social media, especially excessive use, which is generally typical of the younger generations.

[@EnnVee959]

@@a.somerset7393 Sometimes we have life situations that compel us to converse with lots of new people. Maybe the broader, cutlural landscape has changed for the worse. I have met Amercain tourists in my country and abroad and all were reasonable and rational. That's just my experience.

[@mycatwilleatyou7569]

As a kid, I was so excited to grow up and explore the world. I wanted to climb trees and flip rocks and meet new animals. It feels like it gets harder and harder to do that anymore....either because it's destroyed or it is very costly to get there. Adulthood has largely been a bummer

[@Agent-57]

As someone who recently became an adult, I agree.

[@Herewegooo.]

Now you get it why you should be rich? To do any shit you want, and dont live like an average person, meet new animals, and climb rocks and any shit you want

[@XHALE303]

Paper printed out of thin air is not wealth. Also the 5% in US doesn't represent the 95%.@@Herewegooo.

[@MidnightGreen4649]

Kids nowadays still try to do that. It's often the parents and adults who make them stop.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@Agent-57 same

[@dominicanwar363]

You should produce a video that exposes how the UK now has (effectively) 2 political parties that do not represent the people.

[@ZomBreFye]

Yes Moon!!! You're killing it!! Keep it up!!!

[@Unclefr]

Me and the wife talk about this often. We're both Gen X, grew up in the 80's and 90's. It was so much better back then.

[@TonyFontaine1988]

You were still in the midst of degeneracy, it was just slower and more subtle

[@roderickcortez138]

Gen-X here. Born in '78. The current time feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone. I don't even like leaving the house anymore. America has become a wasteland.

[@ithmiths]

Gen z here. I would give anything to have been born in the 70s-80s. Seeing how people and companies act around me saps any hope for my future and its getting harder and harder to not just lay down and die.

[@HeeHeeHawHaw-ts8mt]

@@ithmiths Also Gen Z and same. 80s - 90s had perfect balance of technology and entertainment that was useful and entertaining enough while not forcing us to be chronically online and spending most of our lives on it. Also things were much more cheaper back then and you had more buying power.

[@ithmiths]

@@HeeHeeHawHaw-ts8mt yeah, u could work for 2-3 years and get a HOUSE now u gota work for a year to afford the deposit and first on a 2 bed apartment.

[@Jj45353]

I just want to change one point: it's not necessarily online games during covid, but the isolation and lack of social learning that was caused. Here in Germany many children had to repeat one year of school. Online learning where children talk to screen, no one to help them because there are not enough teachers and the classroom rules where insane. During winter they had to sit winter jackets in a cold room because it was mandatory that the windows remain open. It was sooo chaotic and the isolation cannot be underestimated. I have seen adults change fundamentally due to the 2 year isolation. I changed and a child s brain is still in development. I think that really had massive consequences for children and it lead to further alienation.

[@ewoken]

Ich denke das die Pandemie und der damit zusammenhängende Lockdown, zum Großteil Kinder aber auch Erwachsene, stark in ihren sozialen Fähigkeiten geschädigt hat.

[@electronicengineer]

I could not agree with you any more than I already do Jj45353. The damage done due to the ridiculously long isolation, particularly to our children, as you precisely state, will have lasting issues for decades to come. The government caused all of us immeasurable harm. We must Never lose sight of this atrocity and Never allow it to happen again.

[@janlrodriguez2549]

Why they wanted the windows open?

[@Paul-kv1qw]

@@janlrodriguez2549 so that there was a steady airstream in the room. That way Virus particles wouldn’t build up.

[@Jj45353]

The windows were open for ventilation

[@EllieGoddard-rh7jc]

Personally I don’t think these interviews are real I refuse to believe that people are this stupid I think it’s staged. Sure there is going to be that one person who is but I just don’t think there’s this many people who don’t know basic facts.

[@briansquires344]

People are that stupid. I work as a chef and deal with people all day.

[@johnsmith1926]

Some are that stupid/uneducated, many are not. What you get to see, are the ones that are.

[@cattymajiv]

Yes. It's not staged. It's only editted to show the worst examples. That's not dishonest. Only a dummy would think it is.

[@johnsmith1926]

@@cattymajiv Then take a look into this comment section.

[@irocitZ]

Man, this was a pretty damn good video you did here. I just hope it gets across to some of the young people as well as some of the older dopey ones too.🙏