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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
But I will always be a snob in favor of openness, tolerance and intellectualism and don't want much to do with a society that doesn't favor them.
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Yeah, it's unfortunate that we're surrounded by anti-intellectualism even today. If you consider it globally, it's everywhere, ranging from national news media, religious fundamentalism, and populist surges to authoritarian states such as China and Iran, authoritarian social concepts such as nationalism and patriotism, and, at worst, fascism.