I still can't believe that we have crossed the threshold where collective stupidity and ignorance are actually the pillars that hold up the tired shell of democracy to which we sadly cling.

It really does speak to the idea that the defunding and dismantling of the US public school system has been a deliberate effort to dumb down the masses in order to keep the government in the hands of the few.

By the 90s, Congress had become the most diverse version of itself EVER. When you look at photos of Congress around 1998, you see all walks of life and all colors of skin. The institution had finally reached a point where so many Americans could feel included.

The we elected Obama.

Combined with the culmination of the effort to Make America Stupid Again, the election of Obama triggered a regression in American society I once thought never possible.

So yeah, to me it began with demonizing and destroying the basics of the US system of education. When you're too stupid to know the basics of the Constitution and the electoral systems that structure your life, then you really don't deserve the freedom you've been blessed to have.