I USED to have hope. Used to be…even if your education and your upbringing turned you INTO an idiot. You would eventually move out of the house into the real world where the idiocy of your parents or your former teachers would be put to the test. You’d have to work to pay rent, have food, have a car and such. The appreciation for work, money, and ones own livelihood (and the means to protect it) stemmed from “learning-on-the-job” from being out on your own. If you got married…the testing of your education and upbringing would be even more put to the test. This used to be where a lot of people finally “got it” and their politics followed suit. Its not (and wasn’t) %100…but I would take those odds back in the day.
Unfortunately, mainstream education completely SUCKS in this country and the notion of 40 year old Johnny living in his parents basement just doesn’t have the stigma that it once did. People “live” on social media now as well, and that doesn’t help things.
Now this next point may fall into the WOO category; but I also question (whether on purpose or unintentionally) that the quality and purity of food and vast quantities of pharmaceuticals that are consumed in this country also contribute. I mean, I myself have experienced that, when I was eating the “typical American diet” full of overly processed foods that a certain lethargy and brain-fog are “side-effects” of said diet…all of which will affect your energy, your mood, your state of mind, and I dare say your overall well being. And it adds to the idiocy. And I won’t even get into the over-prescribing of pharmaceuticals for ailments that could be rectified from diet and other lifestyle changes. The zombifying of people on pharmaceuticals is a contributor. And I’ve run into more and more of them…you can tell they are zombied out on LEGAL, prescribed pharmaceuticals for their 5 or 6 different disease states. Its sad really.
So even taking genetics out of the equation…IMHO all the above increases the idiocy we now sadly experience.
I certainly understand poverty well. I also moved out of my parents home 3 days after I graduated H.S. – I learned by working, further college education.
I can’t imagine living with my parents after 20 yrs old.
Good post my friend.