The young dumbed down Americans.

Today, I could confirm that corporate rule is the reason for "dumbing down" the young American.

I ordered spring water, on the phone, and after long questioning by the young lady clerk, I realized that she was looking for the BRAND spring water. I explained, "spring water is a type of water."

I am old enough to remember when "they" first marketed water. I could not believe that anyone would buy drinking water because we always drank water from the faucet.

Deer Park and Evian hit the market, which shocked me.  Evian was marketed with an elitish motto, plus it was really expensive.  I thought that whoever buys water is a fool.  I may have been as naive as this young girl, not knowing that our drinking water back in the 70's was fluoridated, so there was a good reason to purchase spring water.

The thing is, at the time, I thought it was funny that water was sold under brand names like Deer Park.  Fast forward to today, where it is common for young people to have been conditioned to seek fancy looking brand names to determine product significance.

The dumbing down of the education system benefits corporations because shoppers are easily conditioned to purchasing fancy logos or famous brands instead of researching and choosing a good product. A dumbed down consumer could prefer to purchase tap water sold with a fancy label instead of spring water, thus, the huge profits as a result of selling to the dumbed down consuming masses.

Today fluoridated water is sold in tiny bottles for toddlers and marketed to parents as a cavity prevention for their children's teeth.  Fluoride, when injested, physically dumbs down children and could cause cancer in boys.  So much for the marketing to the dumbed down.  Now, how do we smarten up?