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White House officials play ignorant to bribery optics as even Republican members of Congress back away

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

At this point in the game ..... it's the people who are stupid.

I'm up in Canada and we've been watching this train wreck for years. At first you blame the man ... but after a while you realize the problem is a lot deeper than that and you start to see just how stupid the overall country is.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

He really is just a symptom, not the disease.

Yup, Im college and boarding school educated and the majority around me lack any real logical thinking skills. Americans have grown so accustomed to not having to think critically that many do not have those skills.