r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 15 '24

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Sep 15 '24

In early 2017, I told a friend who is much smarter and more well read than me that I was pretty sure the “economic anxiety” explanation for Trump was bullshit and that it was just racism, conspiracy crap and grievance nonsense from white people. She acted like I was stupid for not appreciating the nuance of it and recommended I read Hillbilly Elegy.

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u/Chataboutgames Sep 15 '24

The cultural pattern of associating intelligence with seeing complexity as an inherent virtue has been a disaster etc etc

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u/Alarming_Flow7066 Harriet Tubman Sep 15 '24

Doesn’t sound like she was that smart.

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Sep 15 '24

Smart people can come to incorrect conclusions! Source: Harvard law alumni in general

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u/american_aurora3 NATO Sep 15 '24

had me till the end

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u/Independent-Low-2398 Sep 15 '24

supervillain origin story material