Is America Becoming Dumber? - by Michael Smith

At this point, the society of Mike Judge's movie "Idiocracy" seems a likely future. Michael Smith

America has broken into two major factions, not necessarily defined by politics and ideology, but roughly aligned with them.

• There is an independent, productive class that is rooted in basic reality, lives within the bounds of natural law, knows how and from where the necessities of human life come, understands how to do things that create value, and is comfortable with the responsibility duty they give to their family, their work and their community...
• Then there is a dependent class, one that cannot exist without the independent class. These people often hold college degrees but are members of a massive cargo cult, comprehending little about how everyday needs are created (they assume food is magically manufactured at the grocery store), little to no understanding of economics and little concern for the independent class on which they depend...