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> large portions of america are anti-intellectual Large portions of the world are anti-intellectual, at the same time intellectuals are often much worse than t
by blased 2y ago
> large portions of america are anti-intellectual
Large portions of the world are anti-intellectual, at the same time intellectuals are often much worse than the average person and frequently do deserve scorn as a class of people in society.
- whimsicalism 2y agoChina is not anti-intellectual in the same way. I remember watching Xi’s new year speech a few years ago and he was highlighting specific scientific achievements, talking about astronauts, it was very different from a US presidential speech
- blased 2y agoWell Biden can't really give a speech due to being undeniably old to the point of incoherence (what led to him dropping his candidacy). Trump did Operation Warpspeed and created Space Force, and openly talked about that, he also openly supports Elon Musk running his own scientific enterprises. So I'm not sure what the argument is for America not talking about its own scientific achievements.