Monday, October 29, 2007

Owe

Don't understand why America is in so much trouble? It's simple, Americans are really, really, really, really stupid! Just take a look at this. Go ahead, I'll wait.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/consumers-gone-wild/the-mom-with-135000-in-credit-card-debt-who-spends-400-a-month-on-starbucks-313156.php

Back? Here's a couple of things about this. First of all, this is not all that unusual. In fact, it's not even extreme! This woman has simply been written up because of her demographic. Secondly, this is illustrative of the typical manner in which people are stupid. Specificly, a complete and utter unwillingness, and inability, to comprehend reality, leading to a complete breakdown of any decision process - and even the inability to recognize that a decision is in fact to be made! This doesn't just explain massive debt. It explains everything from the Iraq war to creationism to the resistance of the lower income brackets to progressive taxation scales.

Simply put, most people are incapible of acting in their own best interest.

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