‘No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people’

‘No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people’: «Никто ещё не оказался в проигрыше, низко оценивая умственные способности американцев» (т.е. их легко убедить воспринимать самые абсурдные идеи и приобретать совершенно бесполезные предметы). Афоризм, приписываемый Х. Л. Менкену [*Mencken, H. L.]

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