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I downvoted for two reasons: first, because of the "everyone knows" comparison of "uncultured, mouth-breathing trashbag-fuckers" vs. "brilliant, cultured, educa

• pw0ncakes 17y ago
  "Everyone knows" was a bit of a reach. What I meant is that there are so many brilliant, educated people getting short-changed-- often due to malevolent factors like medical bills, student debt, and the calamity that is the academic job market-- that it seems like everyone must know one, but then again, I'm not an authority on "everyone's" knowledge. If society were run by cultured and thoughtful people, we'd have universal healthcare, and we'd have more jobs in the arts and academia. We wouldn't have a society in which more than half of all people are living in fear of losing everything. We can determine by looking at the world we live in, especially compared to the immensity of the resources we have, that the world is either run by (1) incompetents or (2) people with malevolent values and, therefore, a lack of culture. I tend to believe the latter regarding the ruling class.