There are fewer than 500 comments on that site as of right now, that doesn't mean anything about anything.
Sometimes I wonder if people are actually aware that the United States has more people in it than can fit into a single room.
And then there's the poster with the avatar of Archie Bunker...
Opinions don't magically drop down from heaven like mana. Just because an opinion is there doesn't mean we can't ponder how it got there.
> Now I'm not saying they are right or wrong, but let's keep in mind that their opinion is just as valid as yours.
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" --- Isaac Asimov
Personally I worry about how long this takes to resolve; if it takes too long, there might be enough social value drift no one will be upset by this sort of thing anymore. And that will be a much harder to fix starting point. Well, I would consider it a state worth fixing, at least.
This statement's conclusion does follow from its premise and it's a valid argument, but not a proof.
I think this sentiment has been expressed since the 1800s. Same criticism applied to Rome... and all human civilization, really. We are a lost species, it would seem.
Then again from Darwinian view point we have been quite succesful...
Given how pervasive surveillance is in most European countries, the only real difference between us "lost" Americans and the "found" European countries is that we didn't know it was going on.