Anti-Intellectualism, Trump and Andrew Tate with Romantha Botha and Kaira Ahmed

Andrew Tate is trending again, but the bigger story isn't him, it's what made him possible. In this episode we break down anti-intellectualism: why comprehension is collapsing, why people trust vibes over evidence, and who actually benefits from keeping populations uncritical. We go back to Hofstadter's three strands of anti-intellectualism, cover South Africa's Bantu education system as intellectualism weaponised as policy, unpack the difference between academia and intellect, and ask whether you can be an intellectual without empathy.

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