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As a term 'village idiot' dates back to 4500 B.C. and comes from the Greek term venereae (venereal/diseased) idiom (idea/thought). For centuries, unfortunate individuals of sub-par intellect were forced to fulfill the role of village idiot for the amusement and gratification of others, including Noam Chomsky. More recently, George W. Bush formed the 'Department of Homeland Stupidity', a federal government agency responsible for overseeing idiocy on all levels. This agency has been hugely successful in pumping out stupid words and deeds in America - the international center of idiocy.

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  • As a term 'village idiot' dates back to 4500 B.C. and comes from the Greek term venereae (venereal/diseased) idiom (idea/thought). For centuries, unfortunate individuals of sub-par intellect were forced to fulfill the role of village idiot for the amusement and gratification of others, including Noam Chomsky. More recently, George W. Bush formed the 'Department of Homeland Stupidity', a federal government agency responsible for overseeing idiocy on all levels. This agency has been hugely successful in pumping out stupid words and deeds in America - the international center of idiocy.
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  • As a term 'village idiot' dates back to 4500 B.C. and comes from the Greek term venereae (venereal/diseased) idiom (idea/thought). For centuries, unfortunate individuals of sub-par intellect were forced to fulfill the role of village idiot for the amusement and gratification of others, including Noam Chomsky. However, with the Industrial Revolution and the rapid growth in population that it triggered, the role took on much greater importance. Urbanization saw the 'village' become a term used for all manner of large bodies (towns, cities, countries, planets, galaxies, Oprah Winfrey, etc.). Thus the role of village idiot required a much lower level of stupidity for true success to be found, meaning that only the dregs of the dregs could sink to the bottom. More recently, George W. Bush formed the 'Department of Homeland Stupidity', a federal government agency responsible for overseeing idiocy on all levels. This agency has been hugely successful in pumping out stupid words and deeds in America - the international center of idiocy. If you were in a village and the whole village was idiots and you visited them, you would be the village idiot. How does one know this? It's a simple law of physics.
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