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Anti Intellectualism has never been "relegated to a small percentage of trouble makers." It's always been a popular ideology in American culture.

http://www.amazon.com/Anti-Intellectualism-American-Life-Ric...

If you went to a public school in the USA where anti-intellectualism was NOT the dominant meme, consider yourself lucky...

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Indeed, you're right, I suppose what I'm speaking about is an adversity to all forms of productive behavior (which I incorrectly labeled intellectualism) that I witnessed while in primary and secondary school. I just assumed that previous generations (I'm a member of the "millennials") must have had a higher percentage of productive members.

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