The eternal tendency to regress towards a lower common denominator seems to be gaining strength these days... in some ways (I suppose) thanks to the growth of political correctness... which is surely the land of "Stupid People."
For me, this is one of the reasons pure ideologies like Libertarianism and Anarchism tend to fall apart. They are put forth by really intelligent and informed people who falsely assume that even the Stupid People want a better world... but those really tend to not care at all, in the "real world."
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