Stupid Is As Stupid Does....

Baffled by the general population’s propensity for stupidity, I need to know how these ill equipped, knuckle dragging buffoons have leapt ahead of me in every basic competition. They have college degrees, though I’m convinced most were purchased online with no real education to back them or perhaps honorary degrees from dad’s alma mater. They live in nice neighborhoods and drive nice cars. But when faced with some very basic questions, they scratch their heads and look at me with the emptiness normally only found in pet rocks. Were they truly born blessed with enough money to buy their way through life, without having to put any real effort into anything they have? Am I cursed? It is only either or? I could be stupid and rich or smart and struggle? Surely there is common ground somewhere but how do we find it? Does the answer lie within the search? If I give up on the search will the answers then be bestowed to me?