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[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah know over the years I have gone from let the idiots be idiots

The problem is they take over the world, they end up in the positions of power etc. How to contain that, short of derision I'm not sure and even derision often doesnt work, some wear their stupidity as a badge of achievement!

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.” - Franz Kafka

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. - Bertrand Russell

Absolutely also doesn't help that they can now communicate over the internet, which means every person who has the potential to be the village idiot almost inevitably becomes one.

[-] ganryuu@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

To add to your point, it used to be that the village idiot was just that, known for it, and shamed or shunned. Now that they can connect to other village idiots, they can find a community of like minded idiots that reinforces their beliefs.

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