Ted Rall for October 06, 1999
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Stupidity: The hidden treat Every year, the American economy suffers loses in the trillions of dollars. (Woman: R246...441... cripes! I just accidentally wired $322 billion to Holland that we'll never get back!!) The cause? Stupidity. Right now, someone is dying due to stupidity. (Man: Sorry, heather. Heather?) You can stop the pain of stupidity. Naturally, many people have a stake in continuing the culture of stupidity. Don't be stupid- don't listen to them. (Man 2: Stupidity is a critical component of human thought. Without the ability to mess things up, we'd have no past errors to fix- and nothing to do. Kill stupidity and you kill us all!) Intelligence: it's the stupidity alternative! (Man 3: But if we were really smart, wouldn't we relax rather than work more efficiently for some company!) (Man 4: Fortunately you don't need to aim with a shotgun.)