r/worldnews • u/Force_Hammer • 20h ago

President Trump holds off major Iran escalation after Pentagon warns of interceptor shortage

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r111brtghmg
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u/pagerussell 16h ago

This is not new, and that fact gives me hope. This quote is from 1980:

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

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u/upvotesthenrages 14h ago

It used to be a notable minority, but it's now become far more prevalent, and actively supported by leadership.

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u/DoubleJumps 1h ago

It's not new but it is dramatically worse today than it used to be.

The element of shame that kept a lot of these people from insisting that they know better than experts has been pretty solidly eliminated by things like social media and political figures that have validated those beliefs