I guess in a way it depends on the room/audience. Unfortunately culture war combined with intentional obfuscation/jargonization has resulted in a lot of people being taken in by alt right populist propaganda.

Its easier on the mind!

Then you have the issue of academia/science falling being co opted by neoliberal institutions into the control mechanisms(work/cost of living, energy, food, etc.) that science has the answers for. So on one hand you have a group blaming intellectualism for the current state and on the other hand a group using intellectualism almost as a bludgeon. Resulting in a dillilusioned and hopeless group of people primed for aforementioned propaganda.

Good thread thanks