Jose Ortega y Gasset. The revolt of the masses (№ 418811)

This is not about the fact that the mass person is stupid. On the contrary, today his mental capacity and capabilities are broader than ever. But this does not suit him for the future: in fact, a vague sense of his capabilities only encourages him to clog up and not use them. He sanctifies once and for all that mishmash of common truths, incoherent thoughts and just verbal rubbish that has accumulated in him by chance, and imposes it everywhere and everywhere, acting out of mental simplicity, and therefore without fear or reproach.