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  • Isaac Asimov predicted Trump, Farage and Hanson

    From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to aus.politics,uk.politics,nl.politiek on Wed Aug 26 08:28:28 2026
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    '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".
    And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all, who would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us, who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.'

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  • From Rod Speed@rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com to aus.politics,uk.politics,nl.politiek on Wed Aug 26 16:39:27 2026
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    Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote

    Bullshit he did

    'There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been.

    That is true of all modern democracys
    that have universal franchise

    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".

    Mindless bullshit

    The reality is that most have no interest in politics

    And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves
    the guides and leaders of us all, who would force their feeble and
    childish beliefs on us, who would invade our schools and libraries and homes.

    More mindless bullshit

    I personally resent it bitterly.'

    Your problem
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