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Whether this is good or bad depends on what the substitute is. Whatever it is, imo, intellectuals should be more involved in communities that cater to simpler
by BenoitEssiambre 6y ago
Whether this is good or bad depends on what the substitute is.
Whatever it is, imo, intellectuals should be more involved in communities that cater to simpler folks. Otherwise, these often get co-opted by nefarious forces. See Qanon, Trumpism etc. Hopefully this is not people jumping to these.
- Applejinx 6y agoBut that IS intellectuals getting involved. QAnon is quite cleverly constructed. Just because it uses mechanisms similar to Nigerian email scams doesn't mean it's not intelligently constructed and administered. There are already intellectuals involved, they're just not pursuing disinterested goals.
- BenoitEssiambre 6y agoI meant non evil intellectuals who oftentimes don't want to have anything to do with these communities which leaves them open to be manipulated by the evil ones.