Well, let's see... wrote:
Duh.. wrote:
Why are most comedians liberal? Why most artists and entertainers? Why most scientists and academics? Hint: this is not a recent or exceptional trend. The sorts of people who do these activities have always tended to be liberal. I challenge you to find any historical period where the creative or intellectual class could be aptly described as more conservative generally than the society in which they lived.
Why are you intellectual superiors getting your a-- kicked by a 71yo white guy?
Why do 'liberal' societies historically destroy themselves? Utopia? Hardly.
1) Being intellectual != being popular. It doesn't guarantee mass appeal.
2) The extreme zenith of either ideology is disastrous - there needs to be balance.