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Okay, let's talk about why that ignorance exists in the first place. Not one mention of the federal agenda to keep Americans "dumb" so they can be easily manipulated? We have never properly taught true history in schools. Let's not be daft with headlines that act like this is some new development 😒

Actually sums up this country pretty well.

Which American president said: “I love the poorly educated.”

The direct result if this country being hyperfocused on STEM education beyond all else. We have kids who can write code for computers when they're 9 years old but cant find they're home state on a map.

With US literacy rates in the toilet & declining further, this is sad but not a surprise. Curiosity and the desire to learn & be/stay informed has been supplanted by social media (& more recently by AI) for many Americans. Like Forrest's mama said, "Stupid is as stupid does." #DigitalBread&Circuses

That's what you get when you don't get involved in things like School boards and those other 'boring' democratic institutions and at best come out to vote in the big ones, There's always someone who IS voting, and they aren't motivated by your liberty and best interests. *cough*Fascists*cough*

Because of $#!+ like this.

And that's why tRump loves " the uneducated" - they don't know how government works so they're easy to con and easy to fleece... they call themselves MAGA

Has that got something to do with abysmal education stats ? 21% of U.S. Adults (roughly 43 to 45 million people) are classified as functionally illiterate. 4.1% are considered completely non-literate. And - 54% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level. Bigly sad - but suits the MAGA GOP.

Is it any wonder we have the government we have?

Looking at old man Trump, maybe many believe it's Trump's 250th birthday?

Cut funding to schools. Cut student loan forgiveness. Send billions to Israel. Send billions to Iran. We have money. We don’t have the will to spend it properly.

And in the least surprising news of the day…remember this country elected Trump not just once, but twice. Ignorance is their badge of honor

Wait until you hear about the disconnect between their strong Christian pride and their lack of knowledge of Christ’s teachings..

Yeah, it’s not hard.

What is there even to celebrate in this failed nation?

This is the least surprising finding in the last decade

Hi Steve!

This survey is also an indictment of the country’s basic math skills.

The word, "patriot", entered the English language in the late 1500s through the Middle French word patriote. Originally, it was simply a neutral term used to describe someone from the same country. Today, the word is interchangeable with the word, "asshole".

Let's have all American children learn and recite the pledge of allegiance, that might help create curiosity

Once again, NPR calls Americans idiots then wonders why readers & donations are tanking. Great day to put the nation down. Why not? NPR sold out a free press for corporate, party-controlled media that hides a depression, corruption & tyranny on the Left to remind Americans they suck almost daily.

The deliberate dumbing down of America was the original project 2025.

Trump voter's are stupid and don't take the time to learn anything

“If you assume that a democratic society depends upon well-rounded deliberation of being exposed to the views of other people, the information environment itself is not conducive to the underlying foundation of democratic debate”

OMG over half?

The dumbing and damning of America. It's a disconnect from everything rational and sane.

Nothing because half centuries don’t count after the Centennial. You think they face a shit in 1926? They were too busy pretending the unfettered free market was so stable it would never crash.

The real paradox is a 24/7 news industry yet people don't know anything.

Hence why we are in this mess today....

Yup. Votes are. We are the stupidest nation.

Asked a homeschooled maga zoomer bro how many branches of government and their titles... His response: "That's a trick question" "There's too many now" "They're all Dumocrat anyway" 🇺🇸📉💀⚰️

Let's continue referring to Independence Day as "the Fourth of July" and see if things improve 😄

This e-book is free today and tomorrow. Happy 250th! a.co/d/08DfKWri

Yeah, the result of about 40 years of cramming as many kids into a classroom as could fit and teaching them to pass multiple choice tests. “America, land of the fucking ignorant…” 🙄

You know who DOES know this stuff? Immigrants who became citizens.

😾😾😿😿🙈

Is that really unexpected?

The failed academy. That's the goal of today's educators.

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i know what it commemorates but am not finding any reasons to celebrate it

It is my opinion (and no, I do not consider myself a conspiracy theorist) that this is intentional by certain powers-that-be. An ignorant nation is one that is more easily controlled. Knowledge is power, after all. …and they feel that if they take power from others, the more they have

Yet, Republicans are incinerating public education and demonizing colleges / universities. Their goal is a nation of drooling, gullible zombies — a reflection of themselves.

Yes - there has been an inordinate amount of pressure to not teach civics or history. But add religion! What the heck SHOULD we expect? The more religious you are, the more likely a BIGOT! And the less educated you are, the more likely you are a MAGAt!

We are paying the price for the Democrats having their heads in the sand. The GOP took over local governments, school boards and state legislature. The Ds were more concerned with the presidency and congress.

And this level of ignorance is why we can't have nice laws.

When & Why Did America Stop Teaching Civics share.google/kzE7aH7BGwoE...

Trump ought to spend 20 million fixing that bell,it would be the greatest ever bell.

Very sad, esp with all the news about it

And that is why we have the administration that we have

Think about that, NPR, every time you fail to mention in practically every story that what Trump and his MAGA minions are doing is unconstitutional, illegal, and/or immoral.

I’ve got some ideas?

Not paradoxical at all.

We do have a 🤡 in the White House for a reason…

We live in the dumbest and most selfish version on America. And there isn’t the slightest sign it will change course any time soon.