Descending Communal Intelligence?

 Is New Zealand getting stupider or am I just noticing it more?

I read on Breaking Views this morning Don Brash's argment for New Zealand neutrality, including some points made by another thoughtful and entertaining blogger on the 18th of this month that pointed out that China has not, in modern history, ever attempted conquest of land. In fact never threatened such.

It has only ever defended itself. Even in Vietnam and Korea it just wandered in, won the war and shot through again.

I include Taiwan in that comment, Formosa is part of China, temporarily invaded by some rather nasty elements much to the disgust (still) of the natives.

At the end of Brash's column the first comment rehashes exactly what Brash, with facts, just rubbished.

I scrolled down to note another columnist (KSK) writing that New Zealand needs to consider a cross-party approach to fixing the Country.

I didn't read the column. Even retired my time's worth something.

We've just managed to get rid of the communist fuckwits who polluted NZ Government for years and this thicko wants to invite some of them back.

These (the commenter and the second columnist) are not the only examples out there so back to my question: Is New Zealand getting stupider or am I just noticing it more?

An aside: The recent Labour Government was, first, not elected and then re-elected by middle-aged and old women (of both sexes). The children voted for Chloe. That stupidity was par for the course so doesn't count.