The United States Couldn’t Stop Being Stupid If It Wanted To

Also, there is history. JFK's inauguration speech was pretty much "we're going to stop* being stupid" — and he was rather permanently cancelled for having made it.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-john-...

* or at least: maybe riding this tiger will not turn out well, so we're going to see if saying "nice kitty" enough times could allow us to dismount?