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Will the world ever stop being anti-intellectual?
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In my experience, anti-intellectualism is a yank trait, not a worldwide trait. Ask a German, or someone from Japan, for confirmation.
Anti-intellectualism is not uniquely American. It's common in Germany - I'm not familiar enough with Japan.
It has been expressed in many different countries, cultures and times. America is far from the most extreme anti-intellectualism. In Cambodia they killed people for wearing glasses, because they were perceived as being intellectuals.
iirc there's also significant anti-intellectual sentiment in Brazil and the Middle East. Also worth noting that some of the worst anti-5G behavior was happening in the UK.
German intellectual here. I and others have been severely beaten, harassed and fired on multiple occasions for being intellectual.
Pointing out a flaw in someones plan, finding errors in reports (that are actually important to its findings) and other work related things.
It very much depends what region in germany and what class you‘re born into. If you‘re vastly different from your surroundings, you‘re in for a bad trip.
Found the anti-intellectual.
Nah, you just found the one who wasn't American. There are a lot of them here, and they go to a lot of trouble to vote anyone who knocks them down.
Xenophobia is an anti-intellectual trait.