by "ignorant" i mean not up on current events and not having a general awareness of whats going on in the world. also something like not being able to think critically and only listening to what the TV says.
i think education has gone down the shitter a little bit since then.
i read some outrageous statistic a while ago, something around 20% of people aged 18-25 cant point to the USA on a map. i actually did a little test at my previous job a while back in which i asked my co-workers to point to iraq on a map. i think like 1 out of 10 knew where it was. some of them were in highschool, some my age or a little older, and some were in there 40s.
another i can think of is the stuff on TV now is nothing compaired to what i remember as a kid. there were actually good shows on back then. and MTV actually used to play MUSIC.
now it's all mindless bullshit that makes people stupid. everything is reality nonsense and almost nothing is thought-provoking anymore.
people seem to be so engrossed in their little gadgets like cell phones, ipods, etc etc that it seems to warp their minds or something
you think today's youth were as involved in issues as they were in the 60's?
im not saying there werent stupid people back then, im just saying there seems to be more stupid people today, most of which probably shouldnt have guns. like that moron man and woman a couple weeks ago that shot the 7 or 8 year old boy and his family 'cause they wuz trespassin on my goddamn property!'