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re: Why Scientists and extremely smart people are usually socialist/leftist
Posted on 8/31/14 at 9:46 am to Teddy Ruxpin
Posted on 8/31/14 at 9:46 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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As a holder of a professional degree(and therefore experience with the "type"), this is pretty much it. Many truly believe they are smart enough to figure out what's best for everyone. They believe that if they read about being a mechanic, they could pass a regulation to make repair shops run better. They don't require experience, just their perfect brains. And for some, the whole time they don't realize how little they think/respect the people they wish to regulate.
Ditto.
Working in higher ed for over nearly a decade while attaining a PhD, this is my contribution to this topic.
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And God forbid someone thinks differently, you must be crazy.
It is worse than that now. Think differently and you can be randomly labeled a racist, homophobe, xenophobe, etc. Doesn't matter what topic it is.
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However, in the end they are still by and large generally good people who contribute economically to society, so that's alright by me
My problem is that a lot of them do not live in reality. When you are being paid with someone else's money, you think differently. I know my attitude and political views COMPLETELY changed when I got out of the public sector.
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Posted on 8/31/14 at 9:58 am to EZE Tiger Fan
To all,
I once referred to David Brooks (before he went to the NYT and became a liberal) on this topic. It really made sense to me. A summary from memory:
Academics in the social sciences and serious journalists fancy themselves to be very intelligent people. They have social interactions with people who make much more money. Visualize a cocktail party in Manhattan for some cause.
They hobnob with bankers, businessmen, CEOs, etc. and come away thinking "I'm just as smart as they are...but they drive off to their mansion in a BMW while I drive to my apartment in a Honda Civic. Life is not fair!"
Now, which group is obsessed with "Life is not fair and it should be made fair" ? Liberals. So, these people are naturally drawn to socialism/leftism.
I once referred to David Brooks (before he went to the NYT and became a liberal) on this topic. It really made sense to me. A summary from memory:
Academics in the social sciences and serious journalists fancy themselves to be very intelligent people. They have social interactions with people who make much more money. Visualize a cocktail party in Manhattan for some cause.
They hobnob with bankers, businessmen, CEOs, etc. and come away thinking "I'm just as smart as they are...but they drive off to their mansion in a BMW while I drive to my apartment in a Honda Civic. Life is not fair!"
Now, which group is obsessed with "Life is not fair and it should be made fair" ? Liberals. So, these people are naturally drawn to socialism/leftism.
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