• MeowyNinhaj
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    How in the hell was anti-intellectualism ever framed as cool?

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      Democracy. Everyone gets a vote, which leads people to think everyone’s opinion is equal.

      Insecurity. People don’t like feeling shit about themselves. It’s easier to find excuses to hate someone you suspect is better than you, than accept the sad truth that you’re less than them. We’re all narcissists to a degree.

      A lot of people fluctuate between narcissism and self-loathing.

      Vanity. It’s the devil’s favourite sin.

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        No democracy here.

        Democracy would mean that Al Gore and Hillary Clinton won their elections Just because more people voted for them.

        Republicans at every level of government get fewer votes yet hold more seats than Democrats.

        That’s not democracy, That’s something else.

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      Because generally the people with the money and power stand to lose by learning things they relied on for that money and power were bad.

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      It’s so much easier to sound completely sure of yourself and like you’re obviously right when you don’t know all the details. It’s profoundly easy to preach from mount stupid. Detail takes nuance, it comes with changing perspectives. It’s difficult and uncomfortable and requires humility. None of that is cool.

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      Ignorance is bliss. You can’t be depressed about what you know you won’t be able to or can’t achieve if you don’t know it. It’s even better when you don’t know that you don’t know it.

      Paint chip?

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      Tale as old as time unfortunately and it’s never any less depressing considering the advances we’ve had.