Quote:Every generation has said the same thing about the following generation. Everyone thinks their generation knew more, cared more, and was more worthy of the fruits of liberty than the people of "today". 

 

Show me one generation who has ever said - "you know, these kids today are a lot more concerned and smarter than we were." I don't think you'll find one. It's just human nature to think "we" are more worthy than the "sheep" that exist today.

 

To listen to anyone over 50 it seems to have been all down hill since "the greatest generation".

 

And if you listen to anyone under 30, you'd think they're the smartest generation ever to come along.  Until you ask them a few questions that most Americans should know, like who the VP of the US is, or who the founding fathers were.  Most can't answer the basic questions you'd be required to answer in a citizenship test. 

 

I'm not over 50, so I hate to disappoint you, but this dumbing down of the American electorate has been a slow, progressive walk over the past several decades. 

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