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Wyrd also suggests that anti-intellectualism may be less ubiquitous and pervasive in Britain than in America. I'd find it hard to call on anti-intellectualism
by petercooper 14y ago
Wyrd also suggests that anti-intellectualism may be less ubiquitous and pervasive in Britain than in America.
I'd find it hard to call on anti-intellectualism but anti-exceptionalism is certainly a lot stronger in the UK than the US. It even has a special name, "tall poppy syndrome": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome
- arethuza 14y agoWorth noting that, as with pretty much everything in the UK that varies hugely depending on social class and location - it is (or at least was) amazingly bad in traditional urban working class areas. Where/when I grew up (a fishing port) exceptionalism was pretty strongly celebrated and everyone knew and admired the most succesful skippers.