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The answers are almost always in the past
There is no USA in the world’s politics at the moment. There is only a greedy mob with a half-senile frontman on the other side of the Atlantic. They care about nothing else except hoarding billions in their accounts at any cost to others
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The Pope also knows Trump is a Russian mule
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
3. “Stupid people cause losses to others with no gains to themselves.” This definition matches behavior of millions of users share false information without checking, engage in outrage-driven reposting, repeate stupidities harming their own interests, undermine democratic institutions they depend on
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“We always underestimate the number of stupid people.” But, Internet reveals how many there are. Offline stupidity is often invisible because social filters suppress it. Social networks usually don't have such filters, and they have reduced the cost of broadcasting stupidity to zero
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
5. Stupid people are the most dangerous kind of people. Because they act without logic, motives, or self-benefit, they cannot be predicted or negotiated with. Their actions tend to cause systemic decline - social, political, and economic
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
3. A stupid person causes losses to others without gaining anything.
This is Cipolla’s key definition. Intelligent people benefit themselves and others. Bandits benefit themselves while harming others. The helpless harm themselves while benefiting others. Stupid people harm others and gain nothing
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What do you know about the people around you? Some of them are stupid, right? But what does it really mean and which people are stupid? Is stupidity universal? Is it measurable? Italian economist Carlo Cipolla arguably answered these questions in his essay “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity” (1976)
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM