One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural changes eventually happen, but as of now it honestly infuriates me like few things ever have.

  • AlpineSteakHouse [any]
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    1 year ago

    Ayn Rand once said "It is not I who will die, it is the world." I will never stop being anti-intellectual personally so when I die it can't change.

    Sorry, the answer is no but if you trust the quote the world will only exist for another 30-40 years so I wouldn't worry.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      It's alright, Rand was wrong about that statement just like she was wrong about virtually everything she said.

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          tbf lemmy.ml is mostly neolib in practice.

          Wait, but that's a hexbear user? What?

          • AlpineSteakHouse [any]
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            1 year ago

            Nah it's a bit. No one actually unironically identifies as anti-intellectual.

            I'm kinda of a Diogenes figure. Sometimes you get "behold a man" and sometimes you get a homeless man yelling at passerbys.

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              • AlpineSteakHouse [any]
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                1 year ago

                No. You're just being obnoxiously smug while expecting people to praise you as some sort of eccentric philosopher.

                Literally describing myself as a homeless man and anti-intellectual. No one is taking it seriously but you man.

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          • AlpineSteakHouse [any]
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            You believe you are the Main Character of the universe and that everything ceases to exist when you die

            Man you really don't understand when people are doing bits. You think people would just go on the internet and not mean literally everything they type?

            Hexbear needs a villian, don't you understand UlyssesT? You wouldn't be having half of the enjoyment in this conversation if I just did a normal comment. But now I got to do a silly bit and you got to pretend you're arguing with someone serious.

            Discussion on the internet is inherently worthless because no one ever changes their opinions. It's a black box in which no matter the inputs, the outputs remain the same. Is it really so wrong then to lay down ideas like "seriousness" if it doesn't change anything? Your answer will be of course that I'm delusional and only doing this to cope or something because that's what your opinion started as. No matter what you or I say, we cannot change.

            Stop posting and touch grass if you want truth, nothing here matters.

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