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Will the world ever stop being anti-intellectual?
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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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Anti-intellectualism is not uniquely American. It's common in Germany - I'm not familiar enough with Japan.
It has been expressed in many different countries, cultures and times. America is far from the most extreme anti-intellectualism. In Cambodia they killed people for wearing glasses, because they were perceived as being intellectuals.
iirc there's also significant anti-intellectual sentiment in Brazil and the Middle East. Also worth noting that some of the worst anti-5G behavior was happening in the UK.