Reply #27: Elitists new word for intellect? [View All]

[artistforpeace]

What is this fear in this country with intellect? It really scares me that people are proud of their dumbing down. You don’t have to agree with what they are writing, but it must exists in order for society to progress. But nowadays it’s like a game in this country to target any REAL thought and label it elitist. It really scares me!

Here’s a simple example:

When was the last time you heard someone tell you they just finished a Dostoevsky (or insert any other “Elitists” (sarcasm) author)? No, you will more likely hear about the latest Grishim novel. Now I’m not saying that Grishim is below me and in fact don’t care at all and would be happy to hear he is someones favorite author. But tell me why he is your favorite in reference to others, but no, this can’t be done by a majority of people now.

I consider myself far from an academic and in fact need to read much more then I do, but I do realize how important it is to have a knowledge base and reference source in order to relate to my social surroundings and have context to what is going on. People don’t do this anymore AND not only are they proud of that notion, they target people who do as elitist AND view them as the reason the world is screwed up.

What is this world I live in?