It just doesn't make any sense to call my family members and best friends stupid. They're just not.
For example, one is a software dev like me except he makes more money than I and has more people working under him. Another is a physicist working for a big company doing really cool work with acoustics. Another hasn't been employed for decades but has made an amazing living by trading stocks and investing. That is not an easy thing to do in a zero sum game.
Stupidity isn't the issue. It's a willingness to believe propaganda and/or an unwillingness to research for oneself, or to believe anything that challenges one's (MSM-generated) beliefs, but that is not a reflection of mere IQ.
This is about deeper issues, like an emotional need to belong and be accepted, and these issues are easily exploited by the MSM/DS who are very adept at manipulating people through their emotional weaknesses.
Also, there are other factors that make some people less vulnerable to deception. I would be very interested to know the relative television watching habits of sheep vs patriots To me, tv is a constant bombardment of mind-control tactics (with MSM newspapers following close behind). What is it that makes some people able to see that and avoid tv while others turn to it like heroin?
There may even be genetic factors. (I have actually heard it said that Rh- people are harder to manipulate.) But it's definitely not about stupidity. It's about an inability (or perceived inability) to think for oneself and to act on one's own convictions regardless of what everyone else is doing. Patriots have the confidence and courage to do that; normies apparently don't, regardless of how smart they are.
So true. For me, the more educated the person is in my family, the more they will not look at the glaring facts because of their perceived I am smarter than you attitude, therefore, I cannot be deceived. They would rather go along with this nonsense, than admitting they were wrong!
I'm not saying they're enemies, I'd die to save my loved ones regardless
I'm saying they're stupid, I'm calling a spade a spade, because we must start doing that
It just doesn't make any sense to call my family members and best friends stupid. They're just not.
For example, one is a software dev like me except he makes more money than I and has more people working under him. Another is a physicist working for a big company doing really cool work with acoustics. Another hasn't been employed for decades but has made an amazing living by trading stocks and investing. That is not an easy thing to do in a zero sum game.
They aren't stupid.
Intellect does not equal wisdom, it also does not provide for courage.
Much of this is plain cowardice, the person sees there's something wrong, but the thought of being ostracized is too much for them.
Stupidity isn't the issue. It's a willingness to believe propaganda and/or an unwillingness to research for oneself, or to believe anything that challenges one's (MSM-generated) beliefs, but that is not a reflection of mere IQ.
This is about deeper issues, like an emotional need to belong and be accepted, and these issues are easily exploited by the MSM/DS who are very adept at manipulating people through their emotional weaknesses.
Also, there are other factors that make some people less vulnerable to deception. I would be very interested to know the relative television watching habits of sheep vs patriots To me, tv is a constant bombardment of mind-control tactics (with MSM newspapers following close behind). What is it that makes some people able to see that and avoid tv while others turn to it like heroin?
There may even be genetic factors. (I have actually heard it said that Rh- people are harder to manipulate.) But it's definitely not about stupidity. It's about an inability (or perceived inability) to think for oneself and to act on one's own convictions regardless of what everyone else is doing. Patriots have the confidence and courage to do that; normies apparently don't, regardless of how smart they are.
So true. For me, the more educated the person is in my family, the more they will not look at the glaring facts because of their perceived I am smarter than you attitude, therefore, I cannot be deceived. They would rather go along with this nonsense, than admitting they were wrong!