Commentary: Longtime former Republican on Patrick Deneen and the demise of the conservative intellectual

  • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Just because media and conservative leaders think Kissinger and Friedman are intellectual’s doesn’t mean history will. Define intellectual. IMHO it’s someone that the majority of people think of as thought leader, who has good ideas for society. Cambodia and Neoliberalism will not age well. Just because someone does a big thing doesn’t make them an intellectual. By that metric, Trump is an intellectual.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I remember as a kid Kissinger being revered as this great diplomat… Then I read Christopher Hitchens book about him… Holy shit… That man is pure evil.

      Intellectual or not, he’s a monster.