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• Scum Americans are endemically stupid—that is, ignorant and arrogant about their ignorance. (See my book Scum America: The Stupid Factor.) And they are extremely fearful. (See my book Scum America: The Fear Factor.) The point of this book is to show another important characteristic of Scum America: it is made up of people who love fighting far more...
• It is rooted in a twisted belief that Scummers share with conservatives in general—the idea that life is fundamentally competitive. It is not surprising that people who are tremendously fearful (again, see my book Scum America: The Fear Factor) would also believe that competition is necessary for survival. The difference between middle-of-the-road ...
• Why is competition so bad? Doesn’t it lead to great improvement? Maybe. But it’s not the only or the best way to improve. If you always had to find a competitor to beat in order to get better at something, many of your goals, especially those involving personal growth, would be unattainable. Not all goals can be furthered by competition: if you wan...
• Those who live lives of intense competition become reactive. They look to the external world to provide motivation rather than providing it for themselves. They look for challenges everywhere, and for people to challenge them. They start to see everything in life as a battle. They start to think like this: “Am I going to fix this broken toilet or i...
• Once you begin to suspect their motives, you may also begin to think yourself justified in attempting to trick them, cheat them, kneecap them, beat them, even kill them. After all, wouldn't they do that to you if they had the opportunity? So it’s this mistaken belief that competition is the basis of survival that unites Scum America and the ordinar...