Three in ten Americans are fucking stupid. Seems low, honestly. I think it's higher at this exact moment.
I hope it's better in the future, but right just now? Yeah... It's worse.
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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What the fuck? Weird... I was fairly certain it was supposed to maga
News flash 3/10 Americans are so fucking stupid they don't realize Tariffs are a tax they pay.
Probably the same ~30% Americans that voted for the Diapershitter-In-Chief.
So a third of the US is still dumb as fuck.
MAGA gonna MAGA
So true. Probably the same type that gets butthurt about "Obamacare" but loves their ACA. Or has said phrases like "get government hands off my Medicare", etc....
And the other three are lying.
Or are buying those tariff claims?
Same 30% that is sucking the little pecker. Shocking.
As is traditional to point out with these polls: 30% of Americans are literally too stupid to function and entirely rely on Fox News to think for them.
Ah yes, the Free Thinkers™©® that only ever seem to think exactly what Fox news tells them to think.
Nah, Fox is too woke for a lot of them. They've switched to Newsmax or OAN.
Reactionary centrists: "I'm an independent!"
Also reactionary centrists: Proceeds to repeat conservative talking points and engages in conservative-style concern trolling on any given topic.
There’s that ~30% again that will lie their asses off for their golden calf.
So, another way to read that is that 3 out of 10 Americans still don’t know what a tariff is?
To be fair, I'm sure before Trump 2.0 it was closer to 6 out 10. I kinda knew what they were back in the day but now know more than I ever thought I would.
I think a fair amount of people have gone from having no idea at all to thinking something incorrect, though, namely “they’re a tax on other countries”.
I'm pretty sure we were taught about them in 7th grade history classes, possibly even earlier.
By the way, Spanky raised taxes on imports in his first term, too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_first_Trump_administration
For some reason, Biden kept many of them.
As with all polls and stats about peoples beliefs/thoughts at least 3/10 people are blithering idiots at a minimum.
Oh come on, don't sell them short, most of them are idiots and racists
So I guess once the fuel-shortage-related cost increases hit, this might reach 8/10? Wonder what happens at 10/10? Still nothing?
Anyone who has filled their tank knows.
GOP tariffs
Get it right.