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Shut Up And Listen 240

The Dumbest Place On Earth Is Where You Find The Most Truths

So, apparently the majority of Americans think that God created the world and it is only five thousand years old. It's official: the United States of America cannot call itself the greatest country in the world. I'm sorry, but when the majority of your citizenry are confirmed morons, your country cannot be number one. I think that's a fair rule. Majority of people idiots? Can't be number one.

Now, I know, I know, that's a little judgemental to just write off all of those people because they believe what they do, but, hey, they're morons! Evolution may just be a theory, but it's a theory in the same way that gravity is technically only a theory. And, of course, there's a chance scientists can have it wrong as they have so many times in the past, but . . . wake up, retards! Who the fuck actually believes literally in a book where the stories are so obviously allegorical and have huge parallels with the stories of other cultures, which you then dismiss as "myths." But, hey, that's me. I tend not to believe shit thought up by people thousands of years ago who were, for the most part, pretty fucking stupid by almost all of the standards we hold ourselves up to these days.

But, that's another issue, really. What I'm getting at is that . . . well, is it just me or does the US seem a lot dumber now than it used to? It's been joked that the country has begun embracing ignorance, and the more time that passes, the more certain I am that it is.

The problem seems to stem from the desire of certain political elements to oversimplify the world down to a few easy "truths" that make it so people don't have to think. Terrorists attack the US? Bomb Afghanistan! Can't find bin Laden? Bomb Iraq! Iraq not going so well? Iran is looking at us funny! People want to know what qualifies some lady to be on the Supreme Court? Don't worry, I know her heart! It's about boiling complex ideas and situations into small little soundbytes that don't do anything but scratch the very surface of the issue or act as distractions.

And the sad thing is, people are buying it. People are willing to look to these easy "truths" because they are just that: easy. It's not that people are stupid (well, they are, but . . .), it's that they're lazy. Lazy in their thinking, mostly.

I mean, look at the election: on one hand, we have a guy who doesn't change his mind no matter what and on the other, we have a guy who alters his views depending on how the situation changes and what new information is learned. We all know which description matches which candidate, but, seriously, look at those two options and ask yourself which you would choose. It's insane to think that people would not only choose the first, but mock the second as a "flip-flopper."

It's because more and more, Americans seem to just want the easy way out. They don't want to have to think. Why believe in God and the fact that He created the world in seven days? Because it's easy! It's a hell of a lot easier than believing in evolution and all of its intricacies and the questions it raises.

That's the real reason why America isn't the greatest country in the world; because it prefers to just sit back and do as I did in the beginning of this column: take the easy way out without examining them and thinking things through thoroughly.