For sure. Although, I think democracy more broadly has exacerbated this trend. Take a dumb person and tell him he has to vote on something and be knowledgeable about it who has a full time job and then base decisions around his vote? I can't believe how much people still have an affinity for that word.

Realizing that a lot of people have different maximum intellectual capacities was a huge revelation for me. I didn't know that some people lack an internal monologue or some people engage in group think and tribalism at such an intense level that it's reflexive. I had more than a few conversations where I would explain something and someone would seem to understand and agree with me, only for them to later completely reset to factory settings. I spent too much of my time arguing and explaining things to people who honestly would only be convinced of something if their particular demographic or subgroup accepted it as consensus. I should have always known from early school days though from when a teacher would do popcorn reading and then you start wondering how someone so illiterate can even function.

Also, a lot of people genuinely struggle to put themselves in another person's shoes (or even their own given an alternative scenario) as even an intellectual exercise.

Pretty crazy stuff.

Carlin has some good stuff for sure. It's a big club and they're all retarded.