On Aug 19, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> I think it is a dead end to explain social dementia in terms of
> collective individual "stupidity."
As Eric said, and I agree - stupidity is produced. But I really think we need to know more about the demographics of this belief before we start getting carried away with sophisticated explanation. This delusion could overlap substantially with the Tea Partiers, who are mostly better-off white reactionaries.
Doug