uspol (MN)
@SnoopJ It's amazing how many of Krugman's Very Serious People only speak in [dumb guy voice].
*checks notes*
Actually, this is just coming in, it's not amazing at all.
@xgranadeCassandra Granade 🏳️⚧️ I consistently come back to Asimov:
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
https://aphelis.net/cult-ignorance-isaac-asimov-1980/
And the story of the 2000s feels largely like turbocharging that effect
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