Late night comedians are smart. At least they are smart enough to gather together a diverse collection of funny people. And when they smell ignorance, they smell funny. Recently this was proved by the actions of Donald Trump. Actually, this has happened many times, but it certainly happened when Donald Trump declared war on brains. One of those actions—there are actually many—was the dismissal of basically all of the Department of Education. After all who needs education. Trump’s sons didn’t need no education!
As Jimmy Kimmel said, “Trump famously said he loves the poorly educated, and now he will have so many more people to love.” Supposedly that is what it means to say ignorance is bliss.
Kimmel also said this: “Trump signed the order [gutting the Department of Education] during an event at the White House. They invited like ‘Hey kids, who hates school?’ And they’re like ‘Well we all do!’ And they said, ‘Well, good news, it’s over.’
One more comment from Kimmel: “The idea behind this is to let the states come up with their own educational standards. For instance, from here one, in order to receive a high school diploma in Florida, all you have to do is complete the maze on the back of the kids’ menu at Fuddruckers.”
Jimmy Fallon said this, “Today, President Trump signed an executive order to shut down the Department of Education. It’s a historic move that years from now kids will not read about in history books.”
Greg Gutfeld said, “President Trump signed an order today to dismantle the Department of Education. Yep. Soon employees will be reading their pink slips at a third-grade level.”
Yes, in the good ole USA, famous the world over for the strength of its universities is turning to dumb. Dumb on steroids. And this is no accident. That is what Trump and the Dumpsters want—ignorance. They want dumb! They want it. And they’ll get it. Kimmel was right when he called it “a confederacy of dunces.”
Why does Trump want dumb? I think Hannah Arendt had the answer::
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
Trump, like most totalitarians likes dumb!