The "Dumbing Down" of America: Real or Not?

I've been hearing for years that our political parties and our media are deliberately dumbing down the discussion in the US. And there's plenty of evidence in it. Look at a 'Frontline' or 'Nova' on PBS. Years ago they were deeper, more scholarly. If you're old enough to remember Firing Line with Wm F Buckley, back when conservatism was 'respectable', there's sure nothing like that now. Or Sunday political discussion programs.

I graduated from high school in the 60s, but all my career I worked with people who graduated in the 80s and 90s, and a lot of them were both functionally illiterate and mathophobes. I know a lot of corporations today do their own remedial education for hires who are recent high-school grads. The anti-intellectual streak in American culture has even led to wanting ignoramus presidents--like the last two Republican presidents. People believe a guy who knows nothing and makes decisions with his 'gut' is better than someone who actually knows what he's doing!

Real.

Yes , look at the democrats in Congress

Of course. I saw a very interesting documentary on this. They dumber we are the easier to manipulated and control

Certainly it is. But I feel the ethnic pressures forced upon white people will strengthen us mentally and physically. We were living in luxury and now that things are bound to get worse we will be forced to become more resourceful

There is something Conservatives did not plan on 50 years ago when they thought up the defunding of public education so uneducated people would vote for them. The Internets may spread a lot of lies, but the truth is out there and lots of rednecks are finding it and wising up.

Real -- Computers are NOT the answer to thinking!

the republicans have been defunding education for decades .