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I have observed that I do not believe Americans are very intelligent.
Most of them are religious. Most cannot look at the other side in politics. Most live in oblivion.
—Obviously, Before the 1970s when we were a blue collar nation, this argument did not apply. However, this axiom is probably as old as humanity, but before I state it, the person who goes to the library to study political philosophers is not going to be recognized as virtuous, cool, or intelligent by anyone: the axiom is looking at the other side of the aisle is extraordinarily difficult. The axiom is humans are by nature not democratic, but theocratic. Becoming smart requires hard work from a privileged background, while succeeding in mathematics. Then throw in: Aristotle’s theory of melancholy (depression) on page 23 of “Lincoln’s Melancholy,” the artists, statesmen, poets, become melancholic “due to excess black bile” … or being overly creative can make a person depressed and suicidal like Lincoln and Tolstoy were.
Humans are not supposed to fit the morals and values of creatively intelligent, heroically driven individuals.
America is a reflection of the Post Vietnam War Era’s partying, rather than the guys that got shot in the jungle. I think that is a good thing. No society is perfect. America, in 2025, I think, is on the verge of a surge into prosperity and an end to division.
America is still the land that fights for liberty. Future generations of young people will be geniuses. Future young people will benefit from neuroscience advancements and other science advances in forestry, anthropology, cosmology, and I predict that will be their unification rather than Cold War - War on Terror Culture Wars.
As a future Military Historian, I hope to benefit and help this inevitability by having smart views on war and violence, by working hard, and incorporating views of young people to the day I grow old.
I have observed that I do not believe Americans are very intelligent.
Most of them are religious. Most cannot look at the other side in politics. Most live in oblivion.
—Obviously, Before the 1970s when we were a blue collar nation, this argument did not apply. However, this axiom is probably as old as humanity, but before I state it, the person who goes to the library to study political philosophers is not going to be recognized as virtuous, cool, or intelligent by anyone: the axiom is looking at the other side of the aisle is extraordinarily difficult. The axiom is humans are by nature not democratic, but theocratic. Becoming smart requires hard work from a privileged background, while succeeding in mathematics. Then throw in: Aristotle’s theory of melancholy (depression) on page 23 of “Lincoln’s Melancholy,” the artists, statesmen, poets, become melancholic “due to excess black bile” … or being overly creative can make a person depressed and suicidal like Lincoln and Tolstoy were.
Humans are not supposed to fit the morals and values of creatively intelligent, heroically driven individuals.
America is a reflection of the Post Vietnam War Era’s partying, rather than the guys that got shot in the jungle. I think that is a good thing. No society is perfect. America, in 2025, I think, is on the verge of a surge into prosperity and an end to division.
America is still the land that fights for liberty. Future generations of young people will be geniuses. Future young people will benefit from neuroscience advancements and other science advances in forestry, anthropology, cosmology, and I predict that will be their unification rather than Cold War - War on Terror Culture Wars.
As a future Military Historian, I hope to benefit and help this inevitability by having smart views on war and violence, by working hard, and incorporating views of young people to the day I grow old.