Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: "Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice." You can't negotiate with the stupid. Facts don't matter. Reason falls on plugged ears.
Ron White: "You can't fix stupid."
George Carlin pointed out that half the population is of below average intelligence.
One sign of stupid people is that their decisions tend to harm those around them and also harm themselves. Like the old folks living on social security who vote for grotesque Republican leaders who shout on TV that they will cut social security. Or like the Oathkeepers.
Democracy is in a constant struggle with stupidity.
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