Dumbed-down America

From A Word A Day:

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." — Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)

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