Bari Weiss Was 'Furious' and 'Blindsided' by Anderson Cooper's 60 Minutes Swan Song: Report

[Karasu]

5. It's been that way for a LONG time.

“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 said this back in 1980. It’s only gotten worse since then.

There’s a reason so many of the most educated Americans (notably including professors of fascism) are leaving.