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hoolstoptheheels

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None of my Trump supporter friends are idiots. Anti-intellectualism does


Not mean “stupid”. It’s just one side of anti-establishment, or anti-elitism.

It’s essentially the element of Trump populism that drives people to dismiss vaccines, or climate science. For many of them, they distrust the “intellectuals” who are assumed to be conning us, not because they really refute the science underpinning vaccines or climate science, but just because they’re elite, and therefore untrustworthy. It really is a feature of any demagogue-led populist movement.

Trump’s isn’t the first one to show those features and it’s not the only one in the world now. It’s really not an insult against Trumpies. But given the nature of populist movements, it’s not surprising to see Trumpies insulted.


[Post edited by hoolstoptheheels at 04/17/2024 10:36AM]

(In response to this post by JMHoo)

Posted: 04/17/2024 at 10:33AM



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