RagingGingivitis [fae/faer, it/its]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agowhat is your theory?hexbear.netimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imagewhat is your theory?hexbear.netRagingGingivitis [fae/faer, it/its]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareGarfieldYaoi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year ago Nerdy things like…reading. How the hell did the US ever become a global hegemony if attitudes like this are a non-isolated incident? I’ve dealt with this attitude before.
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy pet theory is that anti-intellectualism in the US wasn’t really pushed until the 60s onwards, therefore its effects have most been felt after US global hegemony.
minus-squareCarmineCatboy [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoits a big country
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoimmigrants. first gen immigrants who grew up without US brainworms.
minus-squareWeedian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe nerds are all working for weapons and aerospace manufacturers or DoD contracted software companies
How the hell did the US ever become a global hegemony if attitudes like this are a non-isolated incident? I’ve dealt with this attitude before.
My pet theory is that anti-intellectualism in the US wasn’t really pushed until the 60s onwards, therefore its effects have most been felt after US global hegemony.
its a big country
immigrants. first gen immigrants who grew up without US brainworms.
The nerds are all working for weapons and aerospace manufacturers or DoD contracted software companies