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February 7, 2012

A double whammy on the dumb class.

I still like the Charles Murray argument which is, basically, that the poor are increasingly populated by the cognitively inferior and that taking away certain social controls has lifted the lid off of the crock pot.
The cognitively inferior need stringently enforced social codes in order to stay on the straight and narrow. So what has happened over the past several decades is that the cream of the crop are leaving the areas where dumb people reside, and the voice of morality has diminished. This is a double whammy on the dumb class. --Folgers ォ Gucci Little Piggy

Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 7, 2012 12:16 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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I can't tell if Idiocracy is a movie imitating culture, or if the culture is imitating the movie.

Posted by: Jewel at February 7, 2012 1:00 PM

It is sad but that post is an argument for eugenics or at least abortion.

Posted by: Peccable at February 7, 2012 2:38 PM

I seem to remember The Bell Curve placed some importance on the fact, or theory that 10 or 12 decades ago, our society was stratified on blood rather than intelligence. Your standing in the world was determined more by your pedigree than by your intelligence.

Posted by: arcs at February 8, 2012 6:25 AM

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