[piytar]

The historical, economic, and scientific ignorance of the American populace as a whole is stunning.

And wholly intentional (thank, NEA and DOEd). Why? Because an ignorant populace is a more easily subjugated populace.

[353FMG]

>The historical, economic, and scientific ignorance of the American populace as a whole is stunning.<

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A result of leaving no child behind and instead making the lowest common denominator the standard.

[castlebrew]

Because an ignorant populace is a more easily subjugated manipulated populace.

there you go...was just discussing this topic with Mrs Cb.

[DariusBane]

“The historical, economic, and scientific ignorance of the American populace as a whole is stunning.”

Let me fix this for you:

“The ignorance of the American populace as a whole is stunning.”

I was driving along in my gas guzzling F-250 Superduty with the 8 foot bed yesterday. I stop at a gas station and this hippy dude comes up to me and says: That truck is so big it is “f-ing” ridiculous. I look at his and say “I use every bit of it. I wish I had purchased the F-450”. He shuts up. But he believes that he knows what I need. That is the supreme form of ignorance.

You were eliminating a whole bunch of fields that Americans are ignorant of.