I, for one, am a complete blithering idiot that still needs to use his fingers to do basic arithmetic, but I was raised in a very intellectual household.
Folks that are doing their best to brighten the darkness of ignorance and expand the shores of human knowledge and understanding (scientists and educators) have only my deepest respect.
“Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.” — Carl Sagan
It’s literally ingrained into American culture.
From “ignorance is bliss” to Lisa Simpson, From Don Draper to Peggy Hill.
Anti Intellectualism is as American as Apple Pie. (Which is Dutch).
Yes, Isaac Asimov, back in 1980, referred to it as a Cult of Ignorance.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
I have been saying for years that, while America’s education system is pretty flawed, especially in the red states, our problem is more that so many people despise anyone more knowledgeable than them and therefore never learn basic shit. In a word, yep, anti-intellectualism.
Yeah, THE biggest, absolutely. Tech giants running the world are nothing compared to that.
also am*rican celebrity worship leaking
Tech giants have so much power in part because most people are kind of stupid and don’t want to think too hard.
“Don’t use that platform. It’s owned by a Nazi and pushing right wing lies” -> “uhh but it has memes lol”
The tech giants are just propaganda machines.
and the best innoculation against propaganda is an enlightened population that can spot the BS at first glance.
Back in the day, the Nazis worked long and hard to subvert the will of countries they were planning on invading.
There are many tentacles in any takeover, and getting people to mistrust the current system is one of them.
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How would you define an anti-intellectual person ?
A person who believes their ignorant opinion is just as valid as peer reviewed research.
They mock people that know facts and they are proud to be ignorant
Maslow, but anti-intellectualism doesn’t help
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