One in five young Americans thinks the Holocaust is a myth

you'd be surprised by what right wing is capable to say, write and teach. time flies, and one lie repeated more and more times, sooner or later starts to become truth

Conspiracism

Yes, definitely! But, Americans are so ill-informed about the world. And there's been a lot of effort to create a culture of distrust in education, learning, information, etc. that some people are simply immediately skeptical about everything, immediately, all the time. But, it's absolutely fucked-up.

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

• George Carlin