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I'm willing to bet that half of the people who respond in here have not read the whole article. There is a clear denial and/or ignorance of our anti-intellectualism in America. American today labels feminists, intellectuals, civil rights activists, and basically any progressive groups of people in a very negative light. I still wonder how calling someone a feminist became an insult.
When you look at countries in Asia, education and hard work is actually promoted in popular media. Look at their most popular "dramas" involving high school/college students and you'll see the "cool" kids are the nerds studying while the losers are the idiots idling. In America, it's almost pathetic how we have the complete opposite of Eastern culture and our cool kids are the ones who drink excessively, have questionable sexual encounters, ditch school, and hurt themselves doing jackass impressions.
Just look at our entertainment industry, how does a movie like "Meet the Spartans" top the box office?
And in politics, I'm not even going to talk about Bush because there is bound to be anti-intellectual goons who will go loose on me. For the record, it's not a dem vs rep thing, it's an our president is stupid thing. I wish McCain won the 2000 nomination.
Yes, the worst of all is our arrogance. For some reason, we are proud of the fact that we don't know things. We are somehow comforted by chants of USA and our belief in our immortal #1 status. We don't seem to realize who benefits from our greatness. It isn't the common people who benefit, unless you are in the top 5% earning bracket, you are better off living in a country that is more "socialist" like France. Common Americans are so brainwashed that they actually think that policies that directly benefit them are bad for them. Issues like health care just make me laugh because it is the masses of the relatively poor Americans who voice the loudest protest against a national health care plan.
When you look at countries in Asia, education and hard work is actually promoted in popular media. Look at their most popular "dramas" involving high school/college students and you'll see the "cool" kids are the nerds studying while the losers are the idiots idling. In America, it's almost pathetic how we have the complete opposite of Eastern culture and our cool kids are the ones who drink excessively, have questionable sexual encounters, ditch school, and hurt themselves doing jackass impressions.
Just look at our entertainment industry, how does a movie like "Meet the Spartans" top the box office?
And in politics, I'm not even going to talk about Bush because there is bound to be anti-intellectual goons who will go loose on me. For the record, it's not a dem vs rep thing, it's an our president is stupid thing. I wish McCain won the 2000 nomination.
Yes, the worst of all is our arrogance. For some reason, we are proud of the fact that we don't know things. We are somehow comforted by chants of USA and our belief in our immortal #1 status. We don't seem to realize who benefits from our greatness. It isn't the common people who benefit, unless you are in the top 5% earning bracket, you are better off living in a country that is more "socialist" like France. Common Americans are so brainwashed that they actually think that policies that directly benefit them are bad for them. Issues like health care just make me laugh because it is the masses of the relatively poor Americans who voice the loudest protest against a national health care plan.