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Will the world ever stop being anti-intellectual? (discuss.online)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Anti-intellectualism is a strategy employed by some rich people that control some mass media outlets to keep people away from being class conscious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I dislike this take. It assumes a conspiracy among a shadowy elite, which is the same tactic often employed by the anti-intellectual crowd. If we simply write off the problem with a hand-wavy solution based on a hunch, we’re no better than those we are discussing.

[–] LongPigFlavor 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know some hate this term, but class reductionism is a very apt descriptor for their take.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I dislike that term. In this context I suppose the intent was to give a simple response to a simple question.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

Some professors have actually done the methodical research to find out this is, in fact, true. There's no shadowy elite there's just an elite that has a policy towards this: https://www.amazon.com/Gatekeeper-Years-Economics-According-Times/dp/1594516820