Do We Respect and Admire Smart People?

What this guy said has probably always been true, but the age of Trump has brought it into crystal clarity.

Human society has always had its intellectuals, but for every one of them, there have been thousands of people who had no aspiration for learning any more than was absolutely required to grow corn or unclog toilets.

Have the intellectuals or progressives of the day ever been admired, or elected as leaders?

This may not have been a huge deal in the days of the ancient Greeks, but now, of course, it’s turned into a river of s***. We love our Hitlers, Mussolinis, Obans, Putins, and Trumps.