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One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural changes eventually happen, but as of now it honestly infuriates me like few things ever have.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"the world" is not anti-intellectual, you just hang out with the wrong people

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Perhaps not the whole world, but I'm many/most countries, the larger structures, like government and business, absolutely are anti-intellectual. Nice to have an academic friend group, but that doesn't change the fact that capitalism makes education less accessible in order to rely on an undereducated workforce, and then politicians push it even further for the sake of easy control.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some folks can't much help who they hang out with. Any American is literally surrounded by thousands of miles of other Americans, and anti-intellectualism is rampant in the country. It's not like Sweden is going to let Americans immigrate with the justification that "I'm a sad intellectual surrounded by boorish peasants."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s not like Sweden is going to let Americans immigrate with the justification that “I’m a sad intellectual surrounded by boorish peasants.”

It's not? Assuming you could get yourself there, I mean.

[–] PetDinosaurs 9 points 1 year ago

No country will just let in any rando. They have to want you there. There's humanitarian programs, but largely you need to have something they want.

That's typically special skills (MD, PhD, athletics, etc.). Or money. Money will get you anywhere.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm very specific about my friends, I promise you that isn't the problem. It's more of an observational thing, and it is clearly present in western society at the very least. Even with my friends, we are still an insignificant minority compared to the larger population.

[–] scorpious -2 points 1 year ago

Any thought or idea that begins with “people are…” is doomed.

There is no such thing as “people;" there is I only you, this person here, that person there, and so on.