And they also believe that the VP has the authority to chose the president - something that we learned in 4th grade isn’t true.

I don’t give them a free pass. They’re weak minded people who have been turned into selfish, lazy, morons who are living in another virtual world. And some of these selfish idiots who like to be a victim are my friends. So yea, the man-machine singularity has arrived.

This Idiocracy has been brewing for years with the likes of Fox News. Most of these (now) idiot friends and family are isolated and depressed and use this idiocy and taking joy at calling everyone else an idiot - as a drug not much different from various recreational drugs .

And the various powers have a directl line into playing them line a marionette.Powers such as
- Putin
- 1%
- politicians with no real governing skills
- Tech platforms

And you can be sure that the various autocrats who will take over the world will make it to the top of this new reality unless we get our act together. You gotta wonder if the bell curve applies to the ability for Americans to understand this new world and shake off the infection.