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).
“Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.” — Carl Sagan
Yeah, THE biggest, absolutely. Tech giants running the world are nothing compared to that.
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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.
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.
Maslow, but anti-intellectualism doesn’t help
How would you define an anti-intellectual person ?
They mock people that know facts and they are proud to be ignorant
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