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>What do y'all think about Peterson rise to prominence being the result of a lack of genuinely insightful intellectuals in the public eye to keep the pretenders in check?
The general public has never been interested in "intellectuals".
This is what Eco called the "invasion of imbeciles". Basically the internet renders the figure of the "expert" obsolete by giving to every kind of retard the ability to express his uninformed opinions and find an audience. This, coupled with the general mistrust towards what is perceived to be the establishment which followed the 2008 financial crysis has given birth to all sorts of dunning-kruger fueled horrors, from tumblr feminists to /pol/tards, from philosophically illiterate fedoras to deus vult christians. Memes, hashtags and YouTube videos, thanks to their ability to feign thinking without having to actually think accelerated this process to light speed and now we find ourselves in a situation where critical thinking is being substituted by slogan spouting drones while it becomes less and less common. The worst thing is that these people think they are intelligent.