Anti intellectualism has traditionally been a problem across the board. Until COVID the most likely cohort to avoid vaccinating kids in the US were college educated white mothers. I have met a ton of leftists who think economics is bullshit. I know people who think all social science is bullshit.
True. I think we’re fortunate in that anti intellectualism (and just plain old stupidity) is less common on the left, and tends to be more harmless when it is there.
I’m left but the tankies are idiots and their ideology requires sticking your fingers in your ears and pretending history didn’t happen. Though lemmy is the first time I encountered large numbers of such folk.
Anti intellectualism has traditionally been a problem across the board. Until COVID the most likely cohort to avoid vaccinating kids in the US were college educated white mothers. I have met a ton of leftists who think economics is bullshit. I know people who think all social science is bullshit.
Anti-intellectualism is an American trait.
But tbf, it’s not uniquely American *rubs temples while staring at own country*
True. I think we’re fortunate in that anti intellectualism (and just plain old stupidity) is less common on the left, and tends to be more harmless when it is there.
I’m left but the tankies are idiots and their ideology requires sticking your fingers in your ears and pretending history didn’t happen. Though lemmy is the first time I encountered large numbers of such folk.
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