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Anti-intellectualism is a strategy employed by some rich people that control some mass media outlets to keep people away from being class conscious.
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, weβre no better than those we are discussing.
I know some hate this term, but class reductionism is a very apt descriptor for their take.
I dislike that term. In this context I suppose the intent was to give a simple response to a simple question.
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