From I love Amy

Unfortunately for this girl (and for everyone else) all countries are mostly made up of stupid people.

  • AllNewTypeFace ( AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ) English
    20·
    7 months ago

    Americans on hearing a British accent: “wow, they must be so much more intelligent and cultured than us!”

    Britons: “I’d be fine with migrants if they came here to work instead of just stealing all the jobs. Also, I wonder how many Creme Eggs I can fit up my bum”

  • cRazi_man ( cRazi_man@europe.pub ) English
    11·
    7 months ago

    People in other countries are not dumb and neither are Americans.

    Making decisions as a collective and on a national level is really difficult. Americans’ voices are just amplified because they dominate media and the economy. This is further amplified by the fact that the state and structures support perverse incentives and systematically reward people for not acting in collective interest.

    Thinking you’re smart and everyone else is dumb is such immature “I’m 14 and this is deep” kinda bullshit that it really makes me think negatively of any person expressing this opinion. Stop blaming people (who are your peers and neighbours and community) and start blaming leaders and systems.

    But I guess none of this makes for a quick, funny meme.

    • Clent ( Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
      5·
      7 months ago

      This is a real measurable phenomenon.

      65% of Americans think they have above average intelligence. People who are smart downgrade their own intelligence, slightly. People who are idiots greatly over estimate their intelligence. The deltas are separated by multiple magnitudes.

      A more mundane version of this, 85% of drivers think they are above average drivers.

      If you cannot surmise from this that most people are actually less smart than they think, the most polite way I can put that is that the problem is not with those who are calling out the issue. A quarter of society is unable to recognize they are below average.

      That is real problem. It is serious problem. It’s made worse because a large chunk of society is composed of stupid people thinking they are smarter than the smart people. This isn’t new. It is not imagined. It is not exaggerated. It is measurable. It is very real.

      Denialists doom us all because stupid people glob to their comforting lies.

  • frischkaesbagett ( frischkaesbagett@feddit.org ) English
    4·
    7 months ago

    mostly made up of stupid people

    Nop. The structures of power support people that are not focussing on the greater good for us humans but for short profit. Not stupid. Just not using the power we have together.

    And even if I am stupid: I still want the best for you. Why would we be against stupid people? I am way more against smart people profiting on our back.

    • notabot ( notabot@piefed.social ) English
      4·
      7 months ago

      Why would we be against stupid people?

      Because stupid people are easily lead to act against their own, and other’s, interests.

      The good news is that stupid is curable, the bad news is that it involves the person in question putting in some effort, that they may not have spare, and doing so against the command of those manipulating them.

  • pedz ( pedz@lemmy.ca ) English
    2·
    7 months ago

    Yeah. Every time I hear someone say they don’t have kids and complain about paying taxes for the education of their neighbours, I like to remind them that having those kids not being as dumb as a rock is also an advantage for them.

    I don’t have kids, and even though I went through public school in Quebec, I can confidently say that I’m more educated than my parents, and I’d prefer my neighbours’ kids to be also more educated than their parents. I hate capitalism but even from that point of view, it’s an investment. Educated people usually earn more and it will prevent the neighbourhood to become overrun by rednecks. Apply the same logic to a city, region, country. I want my neighbours to be intelligent enough to avoid polluting their/my water and air. I want them to be intellectually curious instead of plunging us straight down into another “dark ages”.

    Unfortunately…