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[–] toxicbubble420@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

the average American IQ is less than 100

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago

But this applies to the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and...well...much of the world, if these data are to be trusted.

[–] PassingThrough@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And it is this way for a variety of reasons, be that lead in the gas and paint, or underfunded basic educational institutions, or overly profit-focused higher education.

Or political persons recognizing a dumb populace is easier to manipulate and make the road to power smoother.

The next phase is bringing back zealous doctrine. Time to replace the under-funded public schools with religious institutions, so that you are trained to follow faith blindly. Whatever “God(TM, a whoever corporation)” says will be the way forward. Of course, if you can pay the private school, you can be one of the wolves instead of the sheep.