How America Became 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.

[@naturerewardsaction]

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.*

[@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.

[@loremasteringwion9930]

@@meagain448 America is so behind China it's like going from prosperous and modern utopia to a poor, third world country like Africa. China has already surpassed America in every way because we are smarter and hardworking, and America only knows how to shoot guns, rob stores, and bomb countries. China is reclaiming our no 1 spot because we've always been no 1 in our 5000 years of history. Western have no history and no culture and you only know how to steal and take from other cultures to get rich. Western are pirates in nature and their history is full of pirate behavior.

[@Psyrens]

"It's not that deep" is a term that makes my blood boil Everything is that deep. If you can't manage the thought, just tell me that.. but don't tell me it's not that deep. You're just shallow

[@punishedpinecone4772]

I went to a selective high school and was told this in the context of me posting political stuff on facebook

[@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.

[@RobertM4]

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]

@@RobertM4 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

[@sparkymcplumpthepolydactyl2079]

The system is working just perfectly for the 1%, and that ain’t you.

[@chaitai2533]

😂

[@zzvlr]

The more the merrier 😭

[@obey-yah]

That's the truth

[@PupsLittleLife]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Richard-tf6oq]

I was in federal prison from 1990 until 2019. The country changed drastically. There are No Children playing outside. Where are the bikes where are the squealing clutches of little kids running through sprinklers and catching bugs? They have been abducted. It's going to burn. Our kind, humans, are going to have a choice. I pray some choose authentic life.

[@wolvesetc]

You missed a lot of shit man.

[@REDPUMPERNICKEL]

And it's been decades since I last heard frogs or saw fireflies or vast clouds of birds wheeling in the skies and if AI and androids survive humanity's passing then I console myself saying, that's evolution for ya.

[@بسيطو-ر7ص]

Why were you in prison?

[@wolvesetc]

@@REDPUMPERNICKEL I see fireflies and hear frogs and other things daily in Richmond, VA. I don't know where you live but if you're priorities are nature and clean living then move yo ass out the city and find some nice town or somewhere in the country. I don't like city living neither. But Richmond works aight. Id like to get a little further out like Charlottesville or Roanoke.

[@REDPUMPERNICKEL]

@@wolvesetc I live in the great white north where the first significant snowfall of the autumn is predicted for tomorrow with an 83% chance of getting dumped on and next Tuesday morning the temperature will be -6. So different place different climate change effects.

[@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.

[@dustygearhead]

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.

[@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

[@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...

[@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.

[@captainblood9616]

I remember that bit, it was pretty funny!

[@warsawpoland7807]

I think people severely underestimate Gen Z because they're younger. I live in a poor, rural county and I'm sure everyone in my high school knows who Joan of Arc is.

[@a-me5cf]

@@warsawpoland7807 lmao you just proved his point

[@ch66ry88]

@@warsawpoland7807The joke is Noah’s arc from the bible so Joan of arc is his wife but America doesn’t teach religion anymore because of how batshit your government and the alphabet community is there

[@mikecyanide7492]

​@@warsawpoland7807the poor rural kids are the most educated. Urban areas are the problem. You live in a place where you need to learn many more important skills.

[@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..

[@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.

[@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" 😊

[@daks8888]

I have noticed my own mental decline, it's a combination of stress, terrible food and depression. I'm trying to get it back but everything is getting to be too much.

[@JCDenton3]

Change the food, I felt the same but cut out the processed foods and fast food trash and just ate real food only and things drastically improved. Also jumping on the Couch to 5K program helped me get exercise and achieve a goal I previously thought was impossible, and gave me a huge boost to my mood. Hope things get better for you friend, you aren't alone.

[@daks8888]

@@JCDenton3 yeah I have been and making sure that my "gut health" is in check with probiotic foods and I'm feeling better.

[@LeeClasen]

Keep Fighting.....Life is still Beautiful on the other side

[@Onyxno]

"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"

[@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.

[@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 .

[@CrisValentina88]

Yep, people from other countries think americans are a joke, while the americans are taught everybody wants to move to America.

[@MilaMicko]

Yep 🙌🏻

[@SgtJoeSmith]

For welfare not education

[@jkbowers56]

The reason for that foreign derision is that America is being judged by the vast and growing class of unintelligent, uneducated, and un-American welfare leeches. This class has literally exploded over the past half-century or so, fed by unchecked illegal immigration, government propaganda, and an intentional dumbing-down of the population by watered-down "education" in schools, colleges, & universities that have become indoctrination centers for leftist, Marxist thought.

[@マシュードーラン]

They do haha hence why there are 330 million plus people here

[@ripgt8663]

They do that's why America has the most immigrants coming to it legally and illegally

[@Neuraldhoid]

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.

[@RobFox-c3p]

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 ❤

[@StainsStainsStains]

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.

[@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

[@loremasteringwion9930]

@@LTS720 America is so behind China it's like going from prosperous and modern utopia to a poor, third world country like Africa. China has already surpassed America in every way because we are smarter and hardworking, and America only knows how to shoot guns, rob stores, and bomb countries. China is reclaiming our no 1 spot because we've always been no 1 in our 5000 years of history. Western have no history and no culture and you only know how to steal and take from other cultures to get rich. Western are pirates in nature and their history is full of pirate behavior.

[@jurassicthunder]

no, it stayed a dream.

[@dg1431]

oh stop!

[@RIVERLYHILL]

Bro slapped me with facts more times than my mother did in entire life time 🥶

[@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.

[@DblTap317]

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.

[@GeorgeJefferson-h7w]

I graduated from the highest test scoring public high school in the country in 2003. They knocked the school down and built a new one. My mom said most universities won't allow kids from the new high school in because they're so far behind. I attended 3 different universities before graduating and none of them were as good as my old high school. They were too easy. They just want everyone to graduate so their numbers look good.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

Thus proving that education in general is a joke.

[@choppalungon]

@@Shah-of-the-Shinebox Sounds like you failed high school

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

@choppalungon wrong.

[@xMaoxoaMx]

Well if you pay big bucks for a degree, of course they will let you pass.

[@FransceneJK98]

Try public schools overseas. It’ll put your old school to shame 😂 American schools are too easy compared to the rest of the world

[@TheDiddler69-U]

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.

[@Dweller84]

How America Became So Stupid: "TikTok"

[@СлышКупи-ы3е]

Any short-format media to the same bin

[@Alisse.notavaliable]

It started earlier... sorry...

[@wellno7179]

A lot of older Americans are also complete morons, so it’s not just TikTok.

[@wellno7179]

A lot of older Americans are also stupid, so it’s not just TikTok.

[@XwwXr]

Maybe feminism? Have you ever thought about that?

[@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

[@Thinkingisdead]

All the greatest nations fall from within.

[@ImTitan16]

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]

@@ImTitan16 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.

[@Zxs2202]

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

[@MX51997]

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.

[@RobFox-c3p]

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.

[@gerdlunau8411]

Me, a German engineer, travelled for work onto all continents for more than 30 years. I've been to the US multiple times too. I agree with 95% of the video (I only do not share the view on the past as "the good old times", they weren't so great either.). The US must return within its own society but also for its foreign policy back to honesty, which seems to be lost completely just after WW2. It needs to go back to strive for education (of the masses) and willingness to truly perform as an individual or in teams. The US needs to set its priorities right as well urgently; regardless who will be the next president (both current presidents are not worth to lead such a large nation), or the long slow of decline will continue. Remember, democracy only works, if the masses are highly educated. Last thought: the US is having the largest and most modern military but one of the worse educational systems --> This is what I mean with setting priorities right. Peace! from Dresden / Germany PS: I am observing very similar tendencies here in (Western) Europe, although not on such an extreme scale (yet). And no, it is not "the immigrant" 's fault or Russia's fault or China's fault, etc. It is our own laziness, mentally and physically. We only start to complain about them all, because our own laziness is now coming under pressure. Time to get our brains and asses lifted up. No doubt.

[@jasongodwin1319]

WALL-E was a prophetic warning.

[@2012gmc-terrian]

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

[@乂]

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

[@MrRobot-jb5tI]

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

[@GHAEY]

Boy you have no idea how true your words are

[@KarmaSwiss]

Npc

[@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.

[@rennoc1421]

hop off his dick lil bro

[@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

[@SuprWorks]

@@JamesWagner-vv9izwhat 💀

[@firzaassakha2627]

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

[@larry3254]

@@JamesWagner-vv9izW

[@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.

[@ryanscott2745]

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

[@lavenderlilacproductions]

And Epstein didn't go to prison because his crimes did

[@xrfa7422]

That shows you who really matters.

[@sunnyd3047]

This video is brilliant. The amount of research involved is just amazing

[@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.

[@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

[@Dan01-01]

​​​@@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

[@matildafaltyn6253]

@lavieen - no they are dumber people still talked like adults in the 90s

[@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.

[@Senacacrane]

No kid under 18 should be allowed to have a smartphone at all. That should be a law.

[@cheeryrozetea]

I say under 15 or 16

[@Betweoxwitegan]

In a world where you pay using your phone, use your phone for school, homework, work, job applications, education, etc that's dumb.

[@reubenoftheretro7130]

Personally, I kind of agree, or like maybe a time limit on specifically social media or maybe just crack down on all the degenerate incel stuff(this is coming from a 14 year old btw) I honestly have been putting the damm phone down and going outside practicing usual and actually not degenerate behavior hobbies, cooking, exercise and life feels so much more full now rather than some douche saying "Buy this stuff right now and become a powerhouse boss".

[@forman208]

That law would never be passed lol

[@FriendlyBatDoom]

According to my Great Aunt, the answer is convenience. Things became easier not forcing people to put in effort for many core life things. One example she used was cleaning floors. In her time get on your hands and knees to truly clean it now it's eucalyptus scent and mops/swiffers. That's how she taught her niece my mother and how my mother taught me. And as her son, if I am lucky to have children I will do the same. I don't know if this is true but I thought I would share it to see if it has some truth to it.

[@nanakveermehta7497]

It is!

[@robertpedersen6831]

So true.

[@NobleHusky]

Doing things "the hard way" builds values into you (if you have the proper mindset of course). I still get on my hands and knees to clean my dad's floors, and boy do I appreciate the cleanliness to keep the house clean afterwards!

[@LifeofBrad1]

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.

[@OffendEveryoneImmediately]

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.

[@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.

[@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 🤷‍♂

[@KnightTheKnight]

​@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.

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

@ComsiCaterpillar You torpedoed your credibility with hogwash.

[@HannibalKing-e7e]

Black culture getting more and more mainstream

[@MonteaNoLipton]

What does that even mean?

[@kinguzumaki8049]

Dont be a racist jabronie its more than that.

[@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!!! 😍👌

[@ody9931]

What most people dont realize is its a global effort and most visible in America only because we are the most discussed/watched country in the world. The people profiting from this aren't concerned with silly things like borders. These are global corporations that want it all for themselves at anyones expense

[@justaneditygangstar]

Yeah but try to tell a naive European or other country person that 😂 it’s like talking to a brick wall.

[@bradchambers5886]

​@@justaneditygangstarI had a European tell me that I live in a police state. I asked them how America is worse than their country and they started talking about all the unarmed people killed. lmfao They aren't aware of their own police state because they've been domesticated into compliance.

[@johnpark7972]

You're right. Since the USA is the most discussed country on the planet, all their problems are magnified and exaggerated a lot more, especially racism. Tbh Europeans aren't any better. In fact, Europeans are far more openly racist than Americans.

[@MattQrillz]

That's what america wants. All eyes on me shit, until it's in a negative light, then they blame shift.

[@boxingfan2796]

Not global. Only white European western countries.

[@Ohnoyobronoflow]

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

[@LeviAndFriends111]

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

[@Ohnoyobronoflow]

@@LeviAndFriends111 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

[@CampingKaleb]

I really appreciate how detailed and intellectual your videos are! I hope you keep growing and create more!

[@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.

[@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]

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.

[@Bill-2203]

I’m 33 from the uk and am fortunate to have an above average wage here but it’s sad to see that we aren’t that far behind with social decline

[@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.

[@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.

[@The.Judging.Crow009]

A 1 hour video? we going deep down the rabbit hole today.

[@king_jack77]

It took time to explain about dumb people.

[@Earl_E_Burd]

Somehow it felt like a 30 min video

[@richjohnson8777]

Moon talks fast and edits out the breath breaks. @@Earl_E_Burd

[@iamspencerx]

Keep in mind, when you're a kid, you get the impression that the world is in the hands of capable adults, when you become an adult, you realise other adults are a bunch of idiots, so you think "now" it's in the hands of idiots, yet you still believe that it "used to" be in the hands of capable people. The public by large has always been stupid, lacking critical thinking, and easily influenced , you just were not wise enough to know it.

[@Orxbane]

And then you educate yourself and realize it's ruled by small hats that are intentionally trying to destroy you people and their nations.

[@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….

[@vtheman1850]

I'll tell you as a European that has traveled to the US for the past 15 years, often and for extended stays. In my experience there is a disconnect, what is perceived as "Stupid" seems to be concentrated in the new upper middle class, and in particular in large urban centers. The people I've met in middle America, the south or even smaller towns on the coasts might not have the high degree of formal education but they are curious and aware that they lack said education. I cant express how cool it is to have a farmer from Ohio genuinely curious and in awe of meeting me , a random douchebag from 7 thousand miles away. They key difference is that the "Towny" American wants to learn. This is also becoming an issue in Europe as well, particularly with younger generations. My neibour a 20year old dude literally can't name the countries we border, and perhaps my final point is that what is often overlooked are the British, by far as bad as the worst American stereotypes, just lacking self awareness.

[@unstablesyn1306]

Two years ago, I moved from a major US city to a farm town because even the lowest paying job had 100 applicants at minimum. I went from having 1 or 2 irl friends to having a whole friend group and felt weird the first time someone bumped into me and made a point to apologize. My monthly expenses also went down, and jobs are everywhere. I noticed that I'm a bit of a spectacle, people will ask me all kinds of questions about city living and I want to tell them to not even go there to visit because what they have is so much better than what I was used to.

[@skullrevenant9573]

Yeah I absolutely agree with the last part about the english.They are often worse than the americans and atleast some americans admit that they lack knowledge while the english will try to fight you

[@music79075]

It's my personal belief that any city over the population of 20 thousand people becomes exponentially more stupid, self destructive and ultimately Parasitic on everyone surrounding them.

[@uziquattro1083]

I lived in Melbourne (Aus) 4.5m people .. I met loads of awesome musicians, skaters and interesting people to talk to about engineering,physics, cool travel stories, building drag cars, new metal bands to check out.. however it's not everyone obviously.. I didn't agree that city has monopoly on stupid, as in Australia some smaller towns here are full of bogans ( yobs/chavs/rednecks) who you don't really see in the cities, who do things like tailgate throw bottles out their windows at your car if they see interstate plates on your car..or you go to a shop and some look like lobotomized "whaddayawant?". Some are lovely. Some aren't.. same as in a city but you have to sift through more..

[@BondsmanBlaek]

FAKE. FUCKIN FAKE.

[@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]

@@OffendEveryoneImmediately 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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@theinternetbutler]

@@roserevancroix2308 I come on social media to read the stupid lies people believe as gospel.

[@jdevine42]

A fine late Sept weekend afternoon in the Northeast USA. In the 60's and 70's the streets and fields were filled with kids playing football, riding bikes, playing...in the 2020's on the same kind of day the streets are always empty.

[@wrAIth-AI]

American citizens are learning we don't have the autonomy or the power we thought we had. It's why we cling to our 1st and 2nd amendments so tightly. We see what's happened in Canada, UK, and Australia. The problem we have is 100 million of us are exactly how this video depicts: fat, stupid, entitled, and happy.

[@mikeyo1O1]

Probably closer to 200 million.

[@Jetmab04]

Sounds like - quote W.E.F.:"You'll own nothing and, oull be happy" end quote 💤

[@reapersasmr5483]

Yeah yt deletes my comments , cause I refuse to be a sheep

[@bubba842]

​@@Jetmab04you don't have to say quote when you put speech marks in your comment.

[@mjshorty101]

Anyone that happily votes Trump or Biden is part of the problem. Anyone that claims just one side '100 blue haired Biden supporters' or '100 fat Trump supporters' are part of the problem

[@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.

[@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

[@randallbesch2424]

Are doomed to lose it.

[@MINECRAFTANGRYDAD]

Watch yuri bezmenov it'll explain everything

[@gothicusmaximus5697]

I dont mean to be a dick, but this is one of those sayings that sounds like it makes sense, but is absoultly bullshit. Many leaders have been obessed with history and still made dumb mistakes, whilst many modern innovatotrs have advanded our world explicilty by rejecting the past. So no. This is horseshit.

[@sunnyadams5842]

Yes- this guy reinforces some misinformation as if it is fact.

[@Yungwookjeezy]

Great video. I’m always thankful to live in Tulsa, Oklahoma because most of our buildings are art deco and don’t have that soulless drab effect that bigger cities have. But you’re absolutely right about most of modern architecture being oppressive

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@Rennar3210]

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

[@OriginalBongoliath]

*corporate

[@KorithStoneheart]

George Carlin said it best, the powers that be don't want critical thinkers they want obedient workers.

[@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 😂

[@KB-zq9ny]

I'm not proud of my own ignorance, and I don't think anyone is, and what's so bad is even now with a world flooded with information, most of us have no idea how to seek the truth.

[@chriscusick6890]

Excellent point!

[@rodrigofreitas3288]

How can you tell with 100% accuracy if an article or page you're reading about a subject is telling you the truth about it and not being posted for validating an ideological bias? It's an ocean of true and false statements. If false information made up based on certain ideologies and groups continues to be pushed like a giant steady wave all at once, the general population will be more inclined to believe in it or whatever offers the least resistance path. Humans not only use language to transfer information, but also as a tool.

[@tommymarco9893]

The truth is out there

[@tellmemoreplease9231]

You won't get it by watching FOX or CNN, etc.... In the age of the internet, ignorance is a choice.

[@KB-zq9ny]

@@tellmemoreplease9231, I would argue that's not completely true. There's a lot of information but most of it is misinformation, and as for how politics work in this country, that's too complicated for me to begin to understand, I imagine.

[@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!

[@Senacacrane]

Yes, that's important valves

[@fukkitful]

I don't understand spending your life trying to collect all the wealth, never to enjoy it. I guess their kids will though....

[@glengaines4286]

Proud to say I came to this realization a while back. I enjoy KZbin even though it’s censored and that’s it as far as online.

[@Ziyana_Zenn]

I'm from Singapore, and in recent years, I find my countrymen are also going towards dumbness in a city with no soul. Looking around, I would find people staring at their phones watching k-dramas or playing games while walking in the streets or in a very busy, overcrowded train station. We are becoming a nation of zombies. This virulent disease is everywhere. I feel alone HERE in SG with my knowledge of the impending doom of my society.

[@muhammadraiyanhaziq]

Hi! Fellow Singaporean here as well, I totally agree with you and I can’t help but feel that people are not attentive enough with their surroundings. Don’t get me started on the people who don’t bother to look in front when they’re walking. I had to stare at them to send a message

[@kuni--9243]

I don't think it's a good idea to walk while looking at your phone as you might crash into someone

[@beloved-child]

This is true but ever thought about this... What does the average youth addicted to short form content have to say anyway? They're generally void of any intellectual thoughts....

[@DougMcTitties6969]

I'm so sorry to hear that.

[@InkaPley]

Indeed. It's really sad. Thinking of the life of our future generations depresses me so much. Something has to change and it starts within the home.

[@SassePhoto]

The decline is just as true for Canada where I live and many countries in Europe too

[@IDT69]

Canada is in a free fall, think back how things were just ten years ago to now is insane, people have lost their fu king minds!

[@sansthedrummer]

Canada is going down a dangerous path. From slowly disarming the population, to news media being banned from social media, to being taxed to death, and food and housing getting more unaffordable. Sad thing is people know, but don't act

[@hunterkinsella5303]

I was trying to tell my friend (we're american btw) about how canada is going down the toilet, and i kid you not, he said "dont they make that syrup?"

[@skatetrooper5285]

Well if you know who's in control and most of these places, all I'm going to say is the people in World War II fought against warned us.

[@alf3071]

it's almost everywhere because of social media collectively brainwashing everyone at the same time and everywhere because of the internet

[@Cristov123]

The sad part is, none of this is news. I've known about this for at least a decade. I've tried to explain much of this to people over the last decade and people literally refuse to listen. They look at me like I'm stupid and paranoid. The sickness is so deep I'm not sure people can survive without it at this point.

[@connerdixon673]

This is knowledge you can’t get in school. Thanks for the video. Videos like this are why social media CAN be good. Unfortunately the vast majority of content out there is stupid. I deleted all social media other than youtube a year ago and it was the best thing i’ve ever done. Social media, porn, and many other things has created a bunch of degenerates. People don’t seek real love anymore. No one talks to each other anymore. I started realizing it was a problem when I worked in a restaurant. Kids on their phones not even listening to what their parents had to say to them, adults not talking either, I just thought it was so heartbreaking for one. Social media among other things has hurt society in so many different ways. I’m only 20 and It’s so fucking hard just to meet people now, especially after graduating highschool and college. It’s a huge problem. I’m thankful I was able to see how negatively social media impacted me. I’m just hoping more people of all ages will start to see how silly it all is.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@CyberChrist]

@@jamiekuchma They're happily sawing the branch they're sitting on. Henry Ford understood more than a century ago that employees needed to get paid enough to consume in order for things to work.

[@RooRoove]

I didn't own a cell phone until I graduated high school. I've met people who honestly cannot go a single day without using their phone... That's honestly tragic.

[@jocrain83]

Same, no cell phone until after HS. Now my phone stays on silent and in airplane mode 😂 I turned off all notifications. I hate being constantly available, so I’m not.

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

I didn't have a basic cell-phone until I was 15 (back in 2009), and I didn't get a smart phone until I graduated from High School. I only really use my phone for KZbin, music, checking the news, and texting/phone calls (usually only when others call/text me), so I'm not too attached to it. It also helps that work requires me to not use my phone (smart devices are banned at work), so I'm not glued to it at this point. Honestly, smart devices are a detriment to maintaining focus due to all of the stimulants that they give. It takes a really strong will to not be consumed by them.

[@ehannasir8464]

i actually grew up with a tablet age 7, but back then stuff like yt and games were not the hot mess they are now, i would put down my tablet to go play outside after a while of using it but rn i barely see kids outside and yt is so annoying to use now, even videos feel like they are giving me brain damage with "stimulation"

[@_Just_John]

I highly recommend traveling . It broadens your horizons. I traveled to Colombia for a few months, I learned Spanish before traveling, I've seen a lot of places and it made me appreciate what I have home. It was a good experience.

[@СлышКупи-ы3е]

Sadly, not many people there are even able to leave their city borders due to overwork. Would be nice to follow such great idea tho, and probably would do if they could. Why wouldn't they

[@ASXJNO]

"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.

[@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.

[@seandohe9979]

I want to point this out more than anything. The American educational system isn't to teach kids how to be smart. Its to teach kids how be obedient workers. Which is why if a teacher sees a kids doing math his own way. He'll still get in trouble and marked down whether the answers or right or not.

[@katyuha555]

As it seems now, the education system is there to just be nannies and punish parents with brains who dare to question anything,blame with teachers

[@MasquedMocha]

the cookie-cutter bullshit i had to get used to in school left me absolutely blind-sided by the fast-and-loose rules of the real world

[@dacksonflux]

This is common misconception usually spread by people who don't recognize the importance of the process in math. Yes, you can often deduce the answer in lower level maths. Does this mean you learned anything? No. I keep seeing people complain about this because they're bitter that they weren't handed perfect marks in class for being oh so clever. I'm sorry, but actually learning how to use the methods is the actual point. And you probably didn't get in trouble for not understanding. You probably got in trouble for disrupting everybody's day because you thought you deserved a pat on the back.

[@dacksonflux]

@@MasquedMocha I bet you don't read contracts before you sign them.

[@iRelevant.47.system.boycott]

The purpose was to shape and mold, not to educate. Then the molds broke ...

[@ed61730]

It used to be that the higher class where more over weight as they were not working outside. Now it's the higher class who are in shape as they have the time to look after themselves.

[@Ryn0_333]

This video, is the single most digestable but comprehensive video on America's disease. I truly appreciate that you have put all of this into an easy format for everyone. So, all of you, please share this video. Help us make America what it used to be, the best place to live in the world for the average person. People need to understand why they are unhappy and hateful. You need to truly understand your problems to change them. ❤❤❤

[@JP-ze3dt]

I live in Switzerland in one of the richest areas of the country. I can tell you by first hand experience that those problems exist here too. We maybe aren't poisened as much, everything is walkable or reachable by a good public transport and we're usually surrounded by a lot of green. But at the end of the day all you see is depressed faces, no communitys and nearly everyone is addicted to their phones. Or drugs. The youth here doesn't have any meaning at all besides egoistic and materialistic dreams. It's not the "walking on the streets like a zombie" drug usage, but i never saw a place where drug usage is so common like here. I talk about chemists and computer scientists snorting cocaine every day living miserable lives. And that's Switzerland for you, even though it's better to live here than in 99% of the other countrys, it's far away from good. Society is doomed and we can watch it getting worse every single day

[@mircopaul5259]

I live in Switzerland too and unfortunately you are so right. Over the last few years everyone seems to be wearing earphones all the time also, people are not able to socialize anymore

[@fionafiona1146]

​@@mircopaul5259 people made such complaints about newspapers in the 1850s when it was the literal normal way for people to interact to begin with.

[@niahoad]

I live in zurich and we are doomed. The anger, the level of anger.

[@dannydacheedo1592]

The problems here in America are not unique. It's just more obvious in America since we're at the center of global politics

[@manvendrasingh3705]

I love the fact that cardi b is the face of the video

[@Bwilli1990]

I don’t😓😓😓😓

[@danielbaker1248]

We Americans are just so focused on Entertainment over Knowledge. Every generation for the last 3 or so has been sat down in front of a Radio, TV, or Smart device while the parents just go Entertain themselves. There has been no focus on Education with parents here in the USA. Its all about getting the little brats to shut up for a while.

[@ankhpom9296]

The American masses are of average IQ. They have no interest in current events, science, culture or learning. Instead, they are into entertainment or appearance which is what the ruling class wants for the masses.

[@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.

[@User-1683x2]

To be fair, you liked America when it was 80% white. Now its 50% white, at best. It isnt the white americans keeping you away

[@MaxGoodwin-wz2rd]

As an American, I plan on moving to Germany as soon as I finish school. This country has gone to shit.

[@User-1683x2]

Graph your affinity with the US against the demographics of the US.

[@arlenethompson4795]

It Not Our Fault We Were Born Here. We Had No Control Over That. PLEASE PRAY FOR US!😢

[@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.

[@JustAZillennial]

Is it ironic that I met a conservative guy online who doesn't play video games and prefers going out, traveling, trying new things, taking super long walks, and actually talking face to face and meeting people? I've quickly overcome certain fears I've had because of him and rediscovered my love of the outdoors, and I'm always looking forward to our next meeting. The times I've hung out have been the most fun times of my life. I grew up without technology and spent a great deal of my childhood outdoors, but was too shy to make any real friends, and with a full-time job, I had no clue what to do with the free time I had, other than general adulting, errands and chores. Because of all the time I've spent indoors, I was diagnosed as Vitamin D deficient, which I completely ignored, but after the guy I met started taking me to beaches and parks for a few days, my skin developed this nice healthy glow, my nails grew faster, and I slept much better after the long walks at the beach and parks. It really makes a difference when you drop social media and video games and even overlook the fact that you might be tired after a long day of work and just go out and explore the outdoors, try new places, experience new food, step out of your comfort zone and just learn about other people. Although I would never recommend online dating, I highly recommend going out with close friends, family, or even alone. Even if you live in the United States and aren't able to travel outside it, there are still a bunch of places to go, even if it's only in one state. The guy I met has taken me to a bunch of beaches, general social locations, and food places not even 20 miles away from me that I never knew existed. They were excellent! We're still planning new local trips as I type this, and I would highly recommend others to do the same.

[@charismacarrillo7003]

Aww so glad to have read this ❤

[@tatsukimasu]

It's so sad that you talk about it as it was something to be "impressed" or "shocked" by. Mental rot is so deep in America that having a normal life is considered "the abnormal one" now, since nobody has a normal life anymore.

[@JustAZillennial]

​@tatsukimasu I agree. Sadly, that's the way it is now.

[@sexydmvnygga9187]

Funny, I actually read books when riding the subway and people look at me like I have 3 heads, I just smirk and keep reading MY PAPERBACK BOOK!

[@BakuGone]

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

[@kl41256-p]

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

[@Rand0m27]

Despite some biases, this video is very informative.

[@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.

[@joshuashafer1078]

I somewhat disagree with that statement. When I was a kid we had a town park which was ALWAYS rampant with kids playing and hanging out. I’m 33 now and every time I go through my home town (which is only an hour away), I go through the park just for shits and giggles to see exactly this, is anyone there? Answer, nope! Fuckin’ place is a barren wasteland of my old memories and dreams. Not one kid EVER. So, maybe where you’re at, but not in my home town. And yes, it’s quite safe there because the troopers have an office inside of the park.

[@Senacacrane]

It's just sad that a lot of kids don't want to play outside or don't want to play with Legos. They just want to be on their tablets or phones. It should be illegal for a kid under 18 years old to have a phone. That should be a law.

[@REDPUMPERNICKEL]

Long, long ago, the cells in our bodies were independent organisms. They learned to cooperate and eventually became us. They sacrificed their freedom for security and went unconscious but thanks to them and their blind obedience, my self has come into existence. Perhaps people are becoming cells in super beings called nations in which the network serves as neurons and cell phones as synapses.

[@JosephMoore-y3v]

After living in the UK for about 3.5 years, my eyes have been opened to how strange the US really is. I never gave much thought to it growing up, and I assumed that everything around me was completely normal. My perspective has undoubtedly shifted, and it's hard to ignore how flawed America is in every sense. That's not to say that the UK is perfect, but as one of my British friends put it, it feels more "human" in the UK than it does in the US.

[@Tyresaurus]

Next video please: How Australia got so stupid. I am an Australian and our country is run by dodos.

[@sirc1446]

Make kangaroo land great again 💪🏻

[@asrr62]

Sad to hear we're not alone. Hopefully you don't have as many hand guns as we do. It sucks feeling like it's raining knives around you.

[@Tyresaurus]

@@asrr62 No gun problem is Australia thank god. But knifes are a big issue. YOUTH CRIME. These teens are so dangerous, people getting killed and robbed. And they let these kids outta jail! And there so many issues in Australia. It’s really nauseating.

[@TurnStyle72]

What's the point? We've always been so influenced by the US you could simply pick up from when American TV and movies saturated our lives...

[@EsusGamer]

I hear you brother. At least everyone is gona fuck up colesworth now.

[@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.

[@docksidegames8861]

Just waking up in the morning got to thank god, I don’t know but today seems kinda odd. No barking from the dog no smog, and mama cooked breakfast with no hog

[@rapthaleyamakuro6073]

Got my grub on but didn't pig out finally got a call from the girl i wanna dig out, hooked it fo later as i hit the do thinkin will i live anotha 24

[@_d3fault_371]

@@rapthaleyamakuro6073I gotta go cuz I got me a drop top, and if I hit that switch imma make that ass drop

[@docksidegames8861]

@@rapthaleyamakuro6073 I got to go cause I got me a drop top and if I hit the switch I can make the a** drop

[@LiberPater777]

They're not letting people continue the chain because of the next verse. I saw it posted for a second, and now it's gone. This site definitely fits the topic of the vid. Smmfh

[@docksidegames8861]

@@LiberPater777 dang it

[@christykananen-sk6fy]

Again, just subscribed to your channel, incredible video, thank you for your content. Your detailed factual info is impeccable and I hope many watch and learn, open their eyes. Thank you