It seems as if this person is just discovering old fashioned American anti-intellectualism (unintentionally ironically presented in an intellectual wrapper).

There's a reason beyond laziness that many American's look down on typical urban, liberal arts thought and discussion, and it's close to what this post posits: tribalism and in/out group signalling. The difference is that the author sees being "basic" as a signal that one is wealthy enough not to have to work creatively for a living, and the historical practitioners of anti-intellectualism are signalling a disdain for productionless thought.