Quote by Carl Bernstein

We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.

We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called

Summary

This quote highlights the concern that society is gradually embracing and promoting stupidity, weirdness, and coarseness as the cultural norm. The author argues that it is not just a sub-culture but the entire culture itself that is heading towards an "idiot culture." The quote suggests that this shift represents a new development where previously perceived as aberrations now become the desirable and idealized qualities in society. It raises questions about the implications of this shift and its impact on societal values and intellectual discourse.

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By Carl Bernstein

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