What I never got about U.S. culture, is its hostile streak to knowledge, to understanding and intelligence. This is the country with the most nobelists, the best hospitals, the best universities and the best innovative science-based tech corporations (not that I admire everything they do, but oh are they smart). The country literally, physically depends on the smarts of these people.
Then again, not knowing, not understanding, not having the faintest fucking clue seems to be all the rage right now. Can anyone explain this to me?
Case in point: Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming from Inside the White House.It took me an hour to read that behemoth, but I am glad I did. I don't get it. I simply, simply don't.