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.

  • ThePenitentOne@discuss.onlineOP
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    1 year ago

    I'm very specific about my friends, I promise you that isn't the problem. It's more of an observational thing, and it is clearly present in western society at the very least. Even with my friends, we are still an insignificant minority compared to the larger population.

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      1 year ago

      Any thought or idea that begins with “people are…” is doomed.

      There is no such thing as “people;" there is I only you, this person here, that person there, and so on.