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There were intellectuals who supported the Nazis, there are intellectuals who currently support the alt-right and believe in establishing ethno-states. But it's

• ekianjo 9y ago
  > But it's negatively correlated. Negatively correlated? We'd need hard and reliable data to compare and make proper judgment here, and it is going to be difficult since almost everyone involved is not neutral. The problem is that as humans, we tend to believe that the ones who support different parties/ideologies have low IQ compared to our own parties/ideologies. It is far from being obvious because intelligence and education is usually widespread among various groups and currents of thoughts. As individuals it is actually very dangerous to think in this way, because it leads us to underestimate our adversaries wherever they are.