[ExI] Why is there Anti-Intellectualism? (re: Atheism as somehow different than other religions)

[Stefano Vaj]

2009/12/26 Mirco Romanato <painlord2k at libero.it>

> After many decades of intellectualism, the common people have developed
> (evolved?) a healthy distrust of the intellectuals, mainly of the social
> intellectuals. In the future this distrust will probably grow stronger, as
> we will reap the fruits of many silly ideas implemented as policies.
>

At the very least, I would not underestimate "anti-intellectualism" as a
reaction against some kind of secular clericalism where a caste of
self-referential grand priests believe to be in a position to snub what the
istincts may dictate of those who are faced with somewhat more concrete
problems...

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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