>>3667 (OP)
>Anon is discovering that the culture of mankind is declining
What rock have you been living under? I need it.
But to answer your question, the Enemy has done a great job of dumbing down the populace through a combination of making people too exhausted to think, and then supplying the slop they consume (because it doesn't require them to think.
It's the same reason why a guy who never works might read The Republic, while the working joe chooses to watch Family Guy.