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Some people are stupid. Some people are smart. It is very rare that an individual person is stupid or smart all the time.
It is tempting to think that there is a class of people who are always stupid, and lament about the state of things among your group of "smart" people. You might classify someone as a "nonperson", but they probably go home and complain about the brainwashed sales assistant mindlessly crowing about sales and useless information when they were obviously not interested.
Gatorade Frost has an excellent point; Americans are not idiots. Sometimes we do stupid stuff, but we have not become utter morons. This goes for other countries as well. Gatorade Frost, you say that you do not consider yourself to be wise, but I say that you are as wise as anyone can hope to become. You understand your realm of experience, are not afraid to express your opinions, and take care not to dismiss others as completely without merit. I would encourage you to philosophise because as you pointed out, to become good at something requires experience.
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