Oh boy, these credentialed, “smart,” “intelligent,” “deep,” “provocative” ghouls are infuriatingly America-centered in their worldview and frame of analysis. It’s absolutely shocking how little curiosity let alone knowledge they have of how the world works outside of the PMC order. And they all think they are so fucking smart. And they are so obsessed with degrees and status and prestige of what journal you publish in. And they have the magic of turning all pressing issues of the world into meaningless empty circle jerks.
Like, anti-intellectualism is bad, but holy fuck I have to actively fight my slide into anti-intellectualism after spending a decade among the “learned.”
Edit: yes there’s absolutely self-loathing in this rant
And unfortunately I'd also mention that this isn't just an American thing, its everywhere. The middle class sees their barely worthwhile higher education as a validation of their worldview in and of itself, as if having a degree itself gives legitimacy to whatever shit they believe. Its basically having a license to say and believe the most stupid shit.
It is funny because anti-intellectualism is really bad too, but when a chud says "college is brainwashing" I'm confident it is pretty easy for a socialist to make an argument in favor of this in some circumstances, economics or politics(remember the user that was posting their shit professor takes on this site) it is in fact extremely obvious.
And yet it feels very demoralizing having to still have to be responsible and make them understand that on the other hand it is not all bad and people need to learn to be doctors and engineers etc and capitalism is the root problem here.
The American “intelligentsia.”
Oh boy, these credentialed, “smart,” “intelligent,” “deep,” “provocative” ghouls are infuriatingly America-centered in their worldview and frame of analysis. It’s absolutely shocking how little curiosity let alone knowledge they have of how the world works outside of the PMC order. And they all think they are so fucking smart. And they are so obsessed with degrees and status and prestige of what journal you publish in. And they have the magic of turning all pressing issues of the world into meaningless empty circle jerks.
Like, anti-intellectualism is bad, but holy fuck I have to actively fight my slide into anti-intellectualism after spending a decade among the “learned.”
Edit: yes there’s absolutely self-loathing in this rant
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This one.
And unfortunately I'd also mention that this isn't just an American thing, its everywhere. The middle class sees their barely worthwhile higher education as a validation of their worldview in and of itself, as if having a degree itself gives legitimacy to whatever shit they believe. Its basically having a license to say and believe the most stupid shit.
It is funny because anti-intellectualism is really bad too, but when a chud says "college is brainwashing" I'm confident it is pretty easy for a socialist to make an argument in favor of this in some circumstances, economics or politics(remember the user that was posting their shit professor takes on this site) it is in fact extremely obvious.
And yet it feels very demoralizing having to still have to be responsible and make them understand that on the other hand it is not all bad and people need to learn to be doctors and engineers etc and capitalism is the root problem here.