Comments by "KGS" (@kgs2280) on "Type Ashton"
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Very good discussion. I would add a couple of other factors:
1. The lowering of the educational standards in the U.S. for at least the last 40 years. “The powers that be” (at least the conservatives) understand all to well that the less educated people are, the easier it is to manipulate them, and it has worked only too well for them.
2. Also, I would say that Americans have developed a far too great adoration of “celebrity”, and they have a bad habit of thinking that if someone has celebrity status because of acting skills, or even just obtaining wealth, they would make a great political leader. That really started with Ronald Reagan (and he wasn’t even a really great actor), who did so much damage to this country (by being coached by the Heritage Foundation, yes, the same ones who wrote Project 2025). Then came Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California. He wasn’t a great actor, either, but plenty of fun, and seems like a nice enough guy personally, but he pretty nearly wrecked California’s economy. I think Meryl Streep is a fantastic actress, but I can’t even imagine picking her for President. Celebrity does NOT make someone a great, or even good, politician or leader.
3. Even though you did mention sports teams, I think that needs expansion. We have definitely turned politics into a team sport, and people get far too involved emotionally in sports already. They’re games! And politics should NOT be a game, as it has very serious and long-lasting consequences for everyone in the country.
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@jansix4287 And, as a society, we have become much more stupid over the last 40 years…by design, “thanks” to Ronald Reagan and the Heritage Foundation, which essentially gave him a “Project 1981” (it was called Mandate for Leadership, which is exactly the lead title for their Project 2025), of which, according to Thom Hartmann, Reagan adopted 80%, and which kicked off what we refer to as the “dumbing down of America”. You’ll notice that one of the primary portions of Project 2025 is to entirely dismantle (destroy) the Department of Education, in order to “finish off” the job. They know that the less educated a society is, the more easily they can be manipulated, which was very evident in this most recent election.
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