Great Stupidization: ideology not biology

Public intellectual decline is accelerating because organized ideologies of resentment, spectacle politics, and anti‑expert narratives actively manufacture low‑quality attention and distrust of knowledge. This is a cultural process amplified by media and platform dynamics, not a slow genetic or purely economic phenomenon. — If true, the idea shifts policy focus from 'fixing people' to regulating information production, platform incentives, and institutional trust‑building.