JillyBean Presents How to Lose a Country in Ten Lies or Less

JillyBean Presents How to Lose a Country in Ten Lies or Less

Too Stupid to Notice, Too Arrogant to Learn: Why Every Idiot Thinks They're the Smartest Person in the Room

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JillyBean Monet
Jul 18, 2026
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"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." William Shakespeare, As You Like It

There is something perversely comforting about believing stupidity belongs exclusively to other people. It allows us to point towards the village conspiracy theorist, the loudmouth at the end of the bar, the politician who mistakes volume fo…

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