Being anti-science is a core characteristic of fascist ideology [1], nothing about this is surprising. Academics appear to be biased to the left because the ri

Being anti-science is a core characteristic of fascist ideology [1], nothing about this is surprising. Academics appear to be biased to the left because the right explicitly hates science and rationality, not because of "wokeism" or "transgender ideology" or "cultural marxism" or whatever red herring fascists currently favor. > There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. - Isaac Asimov, A cult of ignorance, 1980 This cult of ignorance is purely a right-wing one. [1] https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fasci...