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In reply to the discussion: Think of how dumb the average American is [View all]Chainfire
(17,757 posts)If so, why? Is it a failure to educate our children properly? Is our population declining in our ability to distinguish fact from fiction or is our problem that we give equal value to fact and fiction, truth and lie? In making decisions are emotions as important as facts? Are we to face a new Dark Age? Is that a normal progression in human development? Light to darkness, darkness to light?
The only thing that we can do is face down problems as they arise. My honest belief that the most pressing problem that we are facing today is selecting who is going to "lead" our nation for the next four years. If we blow this decision, we may not get the fair chance to decide for a long time; it is something that we have control over.
If we don't pull out all of the stops, if we screw up the coming election, it will be our own damn fault and we will pay for our failure.