Study Confirms: Americans Have Grown 0.8% Dumber Every Year Since WWII—And We Have the Proof

Experts have long suspected that Americans are getting dumber, but now we have hard data: IQs are dropping by 0.8% every year since WWII. That means a person born in 2025 is sixteen full IQ points dumber than their 1945 counterpart. How do we know? Let’s examine the 15 undeniable pieces of evidence:

1. People trust TikTok influencers more than doctors.
2. Half of Gen Z thinks money comes from “the government” instead of work.
3. College students need “safe spaces” from opinions.
4. Americans keep voting for politicians who make their lives worse.
5. Basic economics is now considered “oppressive.”
6. The word ‘literally’ no longer means literally.
7. People argue online with AI bots.
8. 42% of Americans believe the Earth might be flat.
9. Math scores are plummeting—yet calculators are free.
10. People think inflation is caused by “corporate greed.”
11. A man identifying as a wolf isn’t questioned—but misgender someone and you’re canceled.
12. History is rewritten based on feelings, not facts.
13. Young adults don’t know how to use a can opener.
14. Common sense is now considered a “privilege.”
15. Congress still exists.

Top 10 Things Americans Never Learned in School (But Desperately Need for Peace and Prosperity)

Americans graduate high school knowing how to dissect a frog, recite the Pythagorean theorem, and locate mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell!), yet they remain utterly baffled by basic economic principles, historical realities, and the very system they live in. Let’s break down ten things they should have learned—if they ever want to stop electing people who promise free everything and deliver misery instead.

Basic Economics: Why Your Degree in Interpretive Dance Didn’t Make You Rich

Americans were never taught that wealth isn’t a fixed pie; it’s baked, sliced, and eaten through productivity. Instead, they believe the economy is a magical bag of money controlled by a handful of cigar-smoking villains on Wall Street.

This is why people demand a $100 minimum wage without realizing that it would make their morning coffee cost as much as a used Toyota. If you don’t understand supply and demand, you might believe money grows on government trees—spoiler alert: it doesn’t.

Limited Government: Why “More Free Stuff” Means Less Freedom

Public schools—funded by the government—have an odd tendency to forget to mention that the government shouldn’t be running everything.

When government expands, personal freedom shrinks. The more it taxes, the less you keep. The more it regulates, the harder it is to build anything. And yet, Americans have been conditioned to believe that “the government should do something” is a serious economic strategy rather than a cry for help.

Market Economy: Why Bread Lines Are Bad, Actually

Kids leave school knowing The Hunger Games but not why actual hunger games happen under socialism. In a market economy, competition fuels innovation. But when the government runs everything, innovation dies, and suddenly there’s a three-month waitlist for toilet paper.

Americans cheer for capitalism every time they upgrade their iPhone but somehow think socialism would “fix” wealth inequality. Yes, wealth inequality exists under capitalism—but at least everyone has wealth. In socialism, you get equality: everyone is equally miserable.

The Pillars of Capitalism: Why Greed is Actually Good (for You, Too)

Americans love to demonize capitalism while wearing Nike shoes, drinking Starbucks, and typing angry tweets on their Apple devices. What they were never taught is that capitalism isn’t about “exploiting the poor” but about incentives that drive people to work, innovate, and build better lives.

Capitalism gave us antibiotics, air conditioning, and Amazon Prime. Socialism gave us Venezuela. Choose wisely.

The Cold War: Why Socialism Was Already Tried and Failed Spectacularly

For some reason, schools skimmed over the fact that the 20th century was essentially a giant science experiment proving that communism doesn’t work.

Instead of showing how socialism led to mass starvation, totalitarian regimes, and economic collapse, students are taught that “well, true socialism has never been tried!” The USSR, Mao’s China, Cuba, and North Korea would beg to differ—if they weren’t too busy rationing food and censoring internet access.

Debt and Inflation: Why Printing More Money Isn’t the Answer

Ask the average American where money comes from, and they’ll say, “The government prints it.” Ask them what happens when the government prints too much of it, and they’ll say, “Well… we’ll all be rich!”

What they weren’t taught: inflation destroys purchasing power. The Weimar Republic, Zimbabwe, and Argentina all tried the “just print more” strategy and ended up using cash as wallpaper. Meanwhile, Americans wonder why their groceries cost 30% more in just a few years.

The Dangers of Centralized Power: Why Big Government Loves Keeping You Helpless

People love the idea of a “benevolent” government taking care of them, but history shows that centralized power always ends in corruption, inefficiency, and the stripping of personal liberties.

Government control always starts with “free” things—education, healthcare, and housing. Then it moves to “necessary” things—like speech restrictions and surveillance. Before you know it, you need a permit to collect rainwater, and buying too much beef gets you flagged for climate extremism.

Self-Sufficiency: Why No One Knows How to Change a Tire but Can Make a TikTok Dance

Our ancestors crossed oceans, built cities, and survived wars without GPS. Today, an entire generation panics if their phone battery dips below 10%.

Schools have spent decades pushing abstract, feel-good education while neglecting practical skills. Now we have college graduates who can deconstruct gender theory but don’t know how a mortgage works.

How Wealth is Actually Created: Hint—It’s Not by Complaining on Twitter

Schools emphasize redistributing wealth but never explain how it’s actually created. Here’s a hint: it’s not through government programs, stimulus checks, or taxing billionaires into oblivion.

Wealth is created through productivity, investment, and innovation. But instead of teaching students how to build a business or invest, they’re taught that the rich are “hoarding” money—as if Jeff Bezos literally sleeps on a pile of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck.

Critical Thinking: Why “I Saw It on the News” Isn’t Research

Modern education doesn’t teach critical thinking—it teaches obedience. Students memorize politically convenient narratives but never learn to question authority, follow the money, or spot logical fallacies.

This is why people fall for every new media-manufactured hysteria, from toilet paper shortages to “the world will end in 12 years” climate panic. A population that doesn’t think critically is easy to control.

Why They Never Taught This in School

If you’re wondering why schools skipped all this, the answer is simple: an educated, self-sufficient population that understands economics and government is harder to manipulate.

It’s much easier to control people when they believe:

• Government is their savior.
• Wealth magically appears from “fair” redistribution.
• Market forces are evil, but bureaucrats are benevolent.

Instead of teaching prosperity, schools have spent decades indoctrinating students with utopian fantasies that always end in disaster. The result? A nation of adults who think “free” healthcare is actually free, that rent control doesn’t lead to housing shortages, and that capitalism is bad while ordering DoorDash on their capitalist-built iPhone.

If Americans want peace and prosperity, they need to start learning the fundamentals of economics, government, and history. Otherwise, they’ll keep making the same mistakes—and no amount of government handouts will save them.