Idiot America: how stupidity became a virtue in the Land of the Free

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Doubleday
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c2009
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1st ed
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English
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An assessment of the "glorification of ignorance" in the United States traces how uneducated buffoonery became popular to the point of representing American culture, and expresses the author's hope that the nation will eventually value intellect more than reality television.
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9780767926140
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