Idiocracy In America

Today Americans find themselves living in an idiocracy. The definition of idiocracy for the purposes of this essay shall be a government run by fools. In America, the least qualified and least capable are routinely placed in power. Moreover, once in power their only goal becomes to keep power for themselves and their selected special interests. Not only are their purported beliefs often foolish, but they seek to denounce facts and science to protect these beliefs. These fools often find ready partners in cable news networks. Organizations that once felt the call to inform a nation, but have now devolved into the realm of reality entertainment. Now America's Idiocracy has many pillars, however its strongest tenet is freedom of belief. The
When beliefs are predetermined, no amount of information will ever change them. When facts contradict what these fools have decided to be true, it is ignored or changed. Science is attacked and ridiculed to bunten the effect its facts may have on the belief of fools. Opposing viewpoints with no supporting evidence are taught as equally valid, if not moreso, to scientific research. It is no wonder why America ranks so poorly in science. History is also not set in stone when viewed through the lens of belief. In the eyes of a fool, America must always have been, and always will be the greatest nation on Earth. If the slaves who constructed the White House were well feed, then slavery is not that bad. Westward resulted in the modern United States, so its effect on Native Americans is ignored. Textbooks in schools are now routinely edited to soften any previous American missteps. Slavery is shown as importing workers and indentured servitude. A great nation learns from its errors so that it does not become doomed to repeat
Companies concerned not with informing the populous, but with obtain the highest ratings, at all cost. Generating eye catching headlines supersede any notion of fact-checking. And the headlines need not relate, in any way, to the news piece. In fact news pieces have, for the most part, given way to opinionated shouting matches. The end result being that the viewer is left with no useful information. Often these discussion panels serve to present wild speculation and baseless arguments as equally legitimate to thoroughly sourced information. The final break with legitimate journalism came when these organizations started reporting viewer tweets as news stories, instead of one opinion within a sea of 350 million others floating across a