(October 1, 2021 at 12:00 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(October 1, 2021 at 7:07 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yes, I often struggle with this: Should I listen to medical/science professionals with years of education, training and real-world experience, or should I listen to the guys I went to high school with, who all seem to think a biathlon is a threesome with Greek chicks?
Boru
It's a fundamental theme of authoritarian populist movements that intellectuals, professionals, elites, and figures of authority are not to be trusted.
It's baked into such movements because that makes it easier for stupid and corrupt leaders to gain acceptance and support for their ideas.
It's all about intentionally teaching people to be stupid so that a certain class of elites can take advantage of them.
Yup, and it runs in tandem with the fascist technique of dumbing down complex issues into simpleton-friendly terms.
Boru
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