Quote Originally Posted by Carpe Coma View Post
"the people" are stupid. "The people" know next to nothing and instead respond almost entirely on emotion and self interest, because "the people" are only as smart as the average person's knowledge on any given subject. If you were to choose subjects at random, the average person will almost certainly know next to nothing on that subject.
I wish I could say you're wrong, but the more I see of "average" people the more saddened I am by their general lack of education and intelligence. And I'm talking about college students here, not just people on the street. The American education system has failed the American people, badly. The handwriting is on the wall, but the "average" American can no longer read it!
No, I don't hear visigoths. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the U.S. falls out of the #1 super power slot in the next 50 years.
I think the modern equivalent of the Visigoths are speaking Spanish these days.