imbecility

Those numbers are disappointing reminders that voters could definitely be smarter, of course, but it's not the slam dunk evidence of American imbecility that Republican politicians seem to think it is.

The new show maintains the imbecility of the original, though some episodes, alas, have more developed plots.

Artistic expression and intellectual inquiry are replaced by a new dark age, the triumph of tawdry spectacle and the celebration of crowd-pleasing imbecility.

“I have cultivated my hysteria with joy and terror. Now, I am continually overcome by vertigo, and today, Jan. 23, 1862, I was given a special warning: I felt the wind of the wing of imbecility pass over me.”

“The government should know everything and foresee everything in order to manage the lives of the people, and the people need only let themselves be taken care of. ... Nothing is more senseless than to base so many expectations on the state ... to assume the existence of collective wisdom and foresight after taking for granted the existence of individual imbecility and improvidence.”