Original artwork, not a still
Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker offers a cynical split of humanity: half are fools, and the other half are shrewd enough to profit from them shamelessly. The joke is that cleverness is measured by exploitation. It presents a bleak view of society as a comic arrangement of dupes and opportunists.
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