People are really stupid

I don't want to come across as too much of an elitist, but this sort of thing helps me to understand our current democracy problems a little better.

Respondents were far more familiar with the Three Stooges -- Larry, Curly and Moe -- than the three branches of the U.S. government -- judicial, executive and legislative. Seventy-four percent identified the former, 42 percent the latter.

No wonder we're tumbling headlong towards fascism.