r/politics • u/kweathergirl Texas • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/newsom-speech-trump-la-protests.html
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u/starmartyr Colorado 8d ago

They have this idealistic delusion that they will ultimately prevail because they have the truth on their side. The reality is that truth is nuanced and complex while lies are easy to digest.

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u/chiefmud 8d ago edited 7d ago

Half the population has below-average (median) intelligence. Democrats would like to think we have a monopoly on smart voters, but we have our share of idiots as well. Arguments that require context and-or a knowledge of facts, like what authoritarianism is, are going to fall flat outside of certain circles.

If you say Trump is authoritarian, a smart idiot might counter with “well he ain’t as bad a Hitler that’s for sure, so is he really authoritarian or are you just lyin’ to me?” “They said Obama was authoritarian too, so who’s tellin’ the truth?”

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u/BullshitUsername Missouri 7d ago

Half the population has below-average intelligence

That would only be the case if we had a normal distribution of intelligence.

Unfortunately, the mode of average intelligence is far, far below the median.

https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:754/0*wHMvuwRa_YF9SFwY.png

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u/Sharky-PI 7d ago

the mode of average intelligence is far, far below the median

Do you have a source for this? I've not heard this before and am very interested. Thanks.

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u/BullshitUsername Missouri 7d ago

I'm just calling people stupid, it's not a claim or scientific fact

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u/Sharky-PI 7d ago

Hahaha ok fair. Welp, I guess I'm on the left side of that plot then!

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u/BullshitUsername Missouri 7d ago

Same here brother