(January 30, 2015 at 3:34 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Sure, it's hard to judge when you know you have your own flaws, but imagine going your whole life seeing this lack of reflection and historical perspective staring you in your face day after day. I used to think there was something wrong with me, but then I realized I was surrounded by people that didn't actually absorb, process and apply the information they were being fed.
I would say, the American idiot is mainly a religious idiot. The European idiot is rather secular. But looking down on book knowledge and at the same time believing to have all the answers is a global feature of the common imbecille.