What arcane elements? Canada has something similar and I'd say it's working mucho better than in the USA.

Please educate us. Gracias.

As I said:
catalist.us/whathappened...
if you want the tldr; version:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

We have been warned so many times ...

www.amazon.com/s?k=the+dumb...

www.amazon.com/Assault-Reas...

... and then glorifying Dumb : see the 'Dumb and Dumber' serie of movies ...