Thomas Sowell comments on the utility of intellect:
There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.
In an age when facts seem to carry less weight than the visions of brilliant and charismatic leaders, it is more important than ever to look at the actual track records of those brilliant and charismatic leaders.
A case in point: Argentina
Argentina began [the 20th] century as one of the 10 richest nations in the world [but] politically brilliant and charismatic leaders, promoting reckless government spending-- of whom Juan Peron was the most prominent, but by no means alone-- managed to create an economic disaster in a country with an abundance of natural resources.
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rest of the article to find out where Sowell fears the U.S. might end.
We have Sowell, they have Bill Maher. We have PJTV, they have Jon Stewart making faces and doing sex jokes only a thirteen year old would love.
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