{"id":4925,"date":"2026-09-02T22:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-review.org\/sentiment\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:42:40","slug":"do-they-think-youre-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/american-review.org\/sentiment\/2026\/09\/02\/do-they-think-youre-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Do They Think You&#8217;re Stupid?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1920;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/american-review.org\/sentiment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/They-Think-you-are-retarded.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Tailgate Conversation Proves the Elites Are Right: Most Americans Will Believe Anything<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We made a video of a football tailgate. Just casual fans. Regular Americans. Middle-class people enjoying a Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in 20 seconds, they proved exactly what the government, the elites, and Big Tech already know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of you will believe anything they tell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it. That&#8217;s the video. Just normal people at a tailgate, casually parroting talking points they heard on TV while drinking beer and waiting for kickoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here&#8217;s the uncomfortable truth: The people controlling this country watched that video and smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you just proved them right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They Think You&#8217;re Retarded. And You Keep Proving It.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me be blunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government doesn&#8217;t respect you. The elites don&#8217;t fear you. Big Tech doesn&#8217;t care about you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because they know you&#8217;re not paying attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll support wars you don&#8217;t understand. You&#8217;ll accept price increases for conflicts you can&#8217;t explain. You&#8217;ll defend surveillance systems that track your every move. You&#8217;ll repeat whatever narrative they feed you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you&#8217;ll do it all while cheering for your football team, completely unaware that you just surrendered your freedom, your money, and your future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That tailgate video? That&#8217;s not funny. That&#8217;s not harmless. That&#8217;s terrifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because those aren&#8217;t fringe lunatics. Those are normal Americans. And they just regurgitated three different propaganda narratives in 60 seconds without even realizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel is our biggest ally. (Really? When did you decide that? Based on what?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gas prices going up is fine if it stops Iran. (Who told you Iran is about to get a nuke? And why do you believe them?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surveillance cameras are for safety. (Whose safety? And who&#8217;s watching the footage?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These aren&#8217;t opinions. They&#8217;re programming. And it worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;We Must Support Israel, Our Biggest Ally&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When did Israel become our biggest ally? Who decided that? And why does middle-class America care more about Israel than they do about their own crumbling infrastructure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s actually happening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your tax dollars fund Israel&#8217;s military. Billions every year. While your roads have potholes, your schools are failing, and your healthcare system is bankrupting families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when you question it, you&#8217;re called anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not alliance. That&#8217;s extortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the guy at the tailgate doesn&#8217;t know that. He just knows that the TV told him Israel is our ally. So he repeated it. Without thinking. Without questioning. Without even knowing why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the elites smiled. Because that&#8217;s exactly what they wanted him to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;I Don&#8217;t Mind Gas Prices Going Up If It Stops Iran&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This one is even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t mind gas prices going up? Really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know that affects everything, right? Not just filling your tank. Groceries cost more. Shipping costs more. Heating your home costs more. Everything you buy is more expensive because fuel is more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you&#8217;re okay with that? Because Iran might get a nuke?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, Iran has been &#8220;six months away from a nuke&#8221; for 30 years. It&#8217;s the same lie they told you about Iraq&#8217;s WMDs. Remember how that turned out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, even if Iran did get a nuke, how does that affect you? They&#8217;re not going to launch it at Nebraska. They&#8217;re a regional power trying to survive in a region surrounded by hostile neighbors and American military bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the TV told you Iran is the boogeyman. So you&#8217;re willing to pay more for gas. And groceries. And everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you&#8217;re a good patriot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the elites smiled. Because they&#8217;re making billions off the war machine. And you just volunteered to fund it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Have You Seen All the Flock Cameras Going Up?&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, someone notices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flock cameras are everywhere. AI-powered license plate readers. Facial recognition. Tracking your every movement. Building databases of where you go, when, and who you&#8217;re with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the guy at the tailgate finally noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But here&#8217;s where it gets worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;It&#8217;s No Big Deal If You Aren&#8217;t Doing Anything Wrong&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There it is. The lemming response. The NPC dialogue tree. The brainwashed mantra of a population that doesn&#8217;t understand freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me explain why that&#8217;s the dumbest thing you can possibly say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, who decides what&#8217;s &#8220;wrong&#8221;? Today it&#8217;s crime. Tomorrow it&#8217;s wrongthink. Next year it&#8217;s being in the wrong place at the wrong time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, you have the right to privacy. Not because you&#8217;re doing something wrong. But because you&#8217;re a free human being. Surveillance is not safety. It&#8217;s control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third, innocent people get destroyed by surveillance states. Ask anyone who&#8217;s been falsely flagged by facial recognition. Ask anyone on a No Fly List who was never charged with a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system doesn&#8217;t care about guilt. It cares about compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you just gave them permission to watch you forever. Because you trust them. Because the TV said it&#8217;s for safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the elites smiled. Because you built the cage and locked yourself in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;I Know, It&#8217;s for Our Safety&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The final line. The coup de grace. The ultimate NPC response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s for our safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know what else was for your safety?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Patriot Act. NSA mass surveillance. TSA groping you at airports. COVID lockdowns. Vaccine passports. Censorship of &#8220;misinformation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every totalitarian measure is sold as safety. Every loss of freedom is packaged as protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you keep buying it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you trust the government. You trust the elites. You trust Big Tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though they lie to you constantly. Even though they&#8217;ve been caught lying. Even though they profit from your compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You still trust them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because thinking for yourself is hard. And the TV makes it so easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just repeat what they say. Cheer for your team. Drink your beer. And let them handle the complicated stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the elites smiled. Because they don&#8217;t have to force you into submission. You&#8217;re doing it yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They Think You&#8217;re Stupid. Because You Act Stupid.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the part nobody wants to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason the government treats you like a child is because you act like one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason the elites don&#8217;t respect you is because you don&#8217;t demand respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason Big Tech manipulates you is because you let them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t read. You don&#8217;t research. You don&#8217;t question. You just consume whatever narrative they feed you and repeat it at the tailgate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel is our ally. Iran is the enemy. Surveillance is safety. Gas prices are worth it. Go Big Red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re not thinking. You&#8217;re parroting. And they know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s why they&#8217;re not afraid of you. That&#8217;s why they keep lying. That&#8217;s why they keep taking more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you&#8217;re not going to do anything about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re going to finish your beer, watch the game, and go home. And tomorrow you&#8217;ll repeat the same talking points to the next person. And the cycle continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the elites smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Middle-Class America: The Forgotten Sheep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re not the elites. You&#8217;re not the ruling class. You&#8217;re not the people making billions off war and surveillance and propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re the mark. The target. The product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You work hard. You pay taxes. You follow the rules. And in return, you get nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your money funds wars you don&#8217;t support. Your freedom is traded for safety you don&#8217;t receive. Your privacy is sold to corporations you don&#8217;t trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when you complain? You&#8217;re called unpatriotic. Conspiracy theorist. Extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you shut up. You go back to the tailgate. You crack another beer. You cheer for your team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the elites smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you&#8217;re doing exactly what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Wake-Up Call You&#8217;re Ignoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That video isn&#8217;t entertainment. It&#8217;s a mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those guys at the tailgate? That&#8217;s you. That&#8217;s your neighbor. That&#8217;s your coworker. That&#8217;s middle-class America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you&#8217;re all repeating the same scripts without even realizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government doesn&#8217;t think you&#8217;re smart enough to question them. The elites don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re brave enough to resist. Big Tech doesn&#8217;t think you&#8217;re aware enough to notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And based on that video? They&#8217;re right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re not asking questions. You&#8217;re not connecting dots. You&#8217;re not thinking critically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re just cheering. Drinking. Repeating. Complying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here&#8217;s the question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you going to prove them wrong? Or are you going to finish your beer and go back to sleep?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You Should Be Asking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of &#8220;Go Big Red,&#8221; maybe ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why are we sending billions to Israel while our own country crumbles?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why should I accept higher gas prices for a war I don&#8217;t understand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who benefits from these Flock cameras, and who&#8217;s watching the footage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happens when &#8220;safety&#8221; becomes the excuse for total surveillance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who&#8217;s programming these narratives, and why am I repeating them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you&#8217;re not asking those questions. Because it&#8217;s easier not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s easier to trust the TV. To believe the government. To assume the elites have your best interests at heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though they&#8217;ve never given you a reason to believe that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though they&#8217;ve lied to you over and over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though they profit from your ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You still trust them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s why they think you&#8217;re stupid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Elites Are Laughing at You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, in boardrooms and country clubs and private jets, the people who run this country are watching videos like the one I recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they&#8217;re laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because it&#8217;s working. The propaganda is working. The programming is working. The control is working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re doing exactly what they want. And you don&#8217;t even know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re funding their wars. You&#8217;re accepting their surveillance. You&#8217;re repeating their talking points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you think you&#8217;re free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not freedom. That&#8217;s domestication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the elites know it. They just don&#8217;t say it out loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They don&#8217;t have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You say it for them. At tailgates. At bars. At work. At home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You repeat their lies. You defend their systems. You police each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they sit back and smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you&#8217;re doing their job for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So What Now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You have two choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choice 1: Finish this article, get mad for five minutes, then go back to your regularly scheduled programming. Keep repeating the talking points. Keep trusting the system. Keep proving them right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choice 2: Wake up. Start asking questions. Stop blindly accepting narratives. Think for yourself. And when someone at the tailgate says something stupid, don&#8217;t just nod along. Challenge it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The elites are counting on you to pick Choice 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;re betting you&#8217;re too lazy, too distracted, too comfortable to do anything different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;re betting you&#8217;ll forget about this article by tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;re betting you&#8217;ll go right back to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the question is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are they right about you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or are you going to prove them wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>That tailgate video wasn&#8217;t funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the prognosis is terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless you wake up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go Big Red.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tailgate video proves what the elites already know: Most Americans will believe anything. 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