"Then there’s the painful fact that the average IQ in America and across the West is clearly dropping . In the first half of the last century, average IQs rose in the developed world, what social scientists term the Flynn effect, but over the last few decades that trend has visibly reversed." Is this caused by unhealthy lifestyles?
The truth hurts. Is it fake because it is 2 years old? Are Americans not too fat anymore and smarter again the last 2 years? This is the list for 2020: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/obesity-rates-by-country If you watch the US versus EU, the US is on the top of the list with a 36.20% obese people while the average over all EU is 23.21%. The US has 55% more obese people. Thanks to fa(s)t food. Mc Donalds, Domino's, Pizza Hut, Coca Cola... If Trump wants to bring back manufacturing from China to the US he should first start a program to decrease obesity. An obese worker has a much lower productivity.
Probably has a lot to do with No Child Left Behind. As it turns out not giving money to public schools who perform poorly makes them perform more poorly. Moreover, forcing kids to learn how to game a test (so the school gets money) does not teach actual problem solving skills. When you pair this with young children having distracting devices near them at all times it's obvious what the result is. It's hard to learn anything when your school teaches to a test and you're distracted every 10 minutes by the new shiny thing blinking on your smart phone.
the american empire is on the way down. started a while ago. see it. accept it. clowns like d.t. being prez is just one symptom of this fact. more and more people being fat and stupid is another one. good luck anyway.
Military has plenty of soldiers there and still more enlisting...most Americans shouldn't serve in the military anyway so what is the big deal. If the fat pig in cheif can skip out of service then so can the rest of us.