Originally Posted By: stealthedc

1. Why is it that there are only about 10 individuals in all of Jericho that are rational, freethinking, problemsolving and smart? Everybody else is just so stupid that nobody could figure out that they were not marines. Jericho is a small, gun-friendly, rural, farming town and I am sure a number of the residents would have been Marines at one point. It just strikes me funny how everyone but the main characters is so incredibly stupid.



I live in a small, gun-friendly, rural, mining town and as sad as it is to say this is one aspect of the show that they got right. In fact I think it holds true for just about any town/city, of any size, anywhere in the US. When you are in a natural disaster or SHTF situation the vast majority of the population are going to very quickly settle into the PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER./follower mode and only a very small percentage of the total population in any given area are going to step up and rise to take on leadership roles. We can criticize the show all we want but I honestly think they got this aspect of it right.
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