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foggy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It’s literally ingrained into American culture.

From “ignorance is bliss” to Lisa Simpson, From Don Draper to Peggy Hill.

Anti Intellectualism is as American as Apple Pie. (Which is Dutch).

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Manjushri@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yes, Isaac Asimov, back in 1980, referred to it as a Cult of Ignorance.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

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