The Dumbing Down of America – By Design
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The last thing the elite wants is an informed, empowered public mobilizing any grassroots movement to oppose government tyranny.
By Joachim Hagopian
Global Research
First published by GR in August 2014
This presentation focuses on the myriad ways in which the powers-that-be in the United States have been systematically dumbing down Americans as a society for a very long time – all by meticulously calculated design. Originally the term dumbing down was used as a slang expression in 1933 by film screenwriters to mean “revising [the script] so as to appeal to those of lower education or intelligence.” The most obvious example of how Americans have been dumbed down is through this nation’s failed public education system. At one time not that long ago America reigned suprem...