I was recently re-reading an article called: A Quibble, by Mark Slouka. It discusses the ignorance Americans have of: "politics, foreign languages, history, science and current affairs."
Sadly, Mark Slouka is correct. And it has metastasized into a reverence for ignorance itself. The reign of ignorance has degraded the political process. One's ignorance used to be something to be ashamed of. Now, it is the opposite. The attempted re-introduction of necessary ideas is scorned by a large part of the electorate.
People now vote with their gut. And it is kind-of like driving a car without caring to look through the windshield in front of you. Both activities lead to wreckage.
Faith and superstition thrive in the absence of knowledge and reason. A society that scorns these cannot call itself "Modern."
Mark Slouka discusses how close the last presidential election was despite the electoral landslide. We still have to concern ourselves with the large number of people willing to cast a vote for Sarah Palin (despite her policies) and McCain. Whatever you opinion of Sarah Palin in her role as a parent, it is her professed policies and viewpoints that will inform her governing of a State or a Nation.
For a country that is so technologically advanced; its citizens are dangerously superstitious.
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