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>>12845009
Credentials and trophies don't make somebody an "intellectual," you slobbering superficial child. Contrary to progressive doctrine, no amount of authority and praise and trophies can transform a stupid person with stupid ideas into a smart person with good ideas. I have no idea how anybody on the planet can still pretend to themselves that academic institutions are objective arbiters of knowledge and truth and education. It's a scam, you colossal fucking retard, and it's not even a secret

"We are smart and great because we say we are smart and great. Anybody who questions our magnificent brains is stupid, for we are smart and we have determined that our challengers are stupid."

This refrain, alongside a hilarious level of credential inflation, are very common among unstable regimes trying to hold onto power