• Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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    19 hours ago

    Anti-Intellectualism manifest you mean. Everything Magats don’t understand is perceived as an attack on their imagined superior intellect - the ravings of mad men.

    Maga is simply an conglomerate of everyone who would have been laughed out of the room when they uttered their bullshit. The internet just showed up how many stupid people are out there and gave them a way to connect.

    I didn’t think that the eternal september would end in this shit.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      their imagined superior intellect

      mostly what I’ve run into in real life is a marked, outward dislike for education and expertise. They don’t think they’re smart, just that everyone else is obviously stupid because you don’t buy into their garbage. they genuinely dislike people who appreciate education. they don’t read. at all. it’s pretty amazing.