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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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In the run up to brevity people were literally saying "were tired of listening to experts" who were saying it would be a bad idea.
Were you not around for the last 4 years when half the country decided all doctors were working together and lying?
How about our populations response to climate scientists.
Or the universally agreed on hatred for any college degree that isn't sufficiently marketable as "worthless"
The only way I can imagine saying you've never seen anti intellectualism is you don't know what you're looking for.
I don't think I've seen this in France at least.
There is absolutely some (growing?) distrust in institutional knowledge, pharmaceutical labs, etc. but it's far from being as strong as in the US (which is the country I assume you're referring to?)
Anti intellectualism is a cornerstone of right wing politics which is gaining steam in lots of countries in Europe.