Attacks on scientific expertise have been increasing, especially in politics. Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is among the more prominent people who have done that.
I think of it this way : movies were really popular before talkies came in. So, movies didn’t die off when they started talking, but it was a new era. Same thing here; it’s still anti-intellectual, just better and shinier
new era you say? did that reset after the first time trump was elected, or immediately following the second? new era, for fucks sake
Counts the number of fast and furious, transformers, and marvel movies. definitely nothing new.
I think of it this way : movies were really popular before talkies came in. So, movies didn’t die off when they started talking, but it was a new era. Same thing here; it’s still anti-intellectual, just better and shinier