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[–] shawnfromnh69 ago
Because their meaning of intellectual and the real thinking ability of those that think they are is limited very much by subject. Like a real one, a person that is super smart in the sciences and has many awards and stuff from his work is also as good as Brad Pitt at hooking up with the ladies because that requires an entirely different set of skills. Also the intellectuals have a kind of initiation that if you believe in socialism and they explain it like a Utopia when it's actually not even close and if you don't agree you will find it harder to ascend if your field because like a high school clic there is a social leaders and also a blacklist of you being accepted at the top of your field. Hell Betsy Devos should have a federally given and watched test for their field in teaching and if they can't pass the test and it should be of average ability to pass it fairly simple if you actually know your material even somewhat or are someone that graduated because of their grades and not the skin or gender. Hell we could remove about 1/4 of the bad teachers and replace them with substitutes that can pass the test and then watch them for a while to see if they are normal.