Declining IQ in the United States Conceals a Dystopian Future for 99% of Us and a Utopia for 1%

Markus Scorelius

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The Bad Influence

6 min readMar 6

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I remember when they wanted us to be smart.

Photo by Hu Chen on Unsplash

The United States’ declining rank in world IQ scores blinded us to a slow-moving coup.

Markus Scorelius

Written by Markus Scorelius

Writer for

The Bad Influence

Mark is an avid reader, passionate and curious researcher on various topics. Writer of Creative Fiction and Thoughtful borderline non-fiction.

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