God help me cope with other humans.
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It's not that they're "stupid." Some have PhDs. It's that they are followers and will not do anything but follow the herd, because when times are scary and dangerous that's how you stay alive.
That's why they insist that they must do as they are told and never, ever question an authority figure.
That's why they utterly flip out if you refuse to do the same - because you could be endangering them by refusing to follow the herd. If you get kicked out, they might, too, due to Guilt by Association.
Look at them as sheep who do not think for themselves and are utterly terrified of being separated from the herd. That's what we are dealing with.
Blazing Saddles- Wilder describes the townsfolk as people of the land, etc, then ends with, you know, morons. (I think it was an ad-lib because the black sheriff actor loses it in a burst of laughter.
But this is what I thought of after your brief essay: So, you know, stupid. kek