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> ...people in a position of power... profited from pretending to be people who had none, while simultaneously reinforcing stereotypes that help keep them power
by 0815test 7y ago
> ...people in a position of power... profited from pretending to be people who had none, while simultaneously reinforcing stereotypes that help keep them powerless.
Anti-intellectualism is a very real force in American politics, with a sizeable power base of its own. To some extent, I think we can indeed blame shows like BBT for things like, y'know, having Mr. Orange Man (who used to be on frickin' reality TV, as we all know) as POTUS.[0]
[0] (Not that Hillary Clinton was that much better, either. We were quite lucky to have Barack Obama as president for eight years, he was a lot more sympathetic to the sane, "intellectual" outlook on policy than the average politician in the US!)