Smithsonian Mag: What Happened to America’s Public Intellectuals? - Almost comically White-hating Ta-Nehisi Coates, an intellectual "Rising Star"? Creaky Neocon dinosaurs George Will and David Brookes are "Stars of the Right"? - This is what happens when Smithsonian/PConian tries to tackle anything political --tma

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"In the wake of the Brexit vote and the election of President Trump, the experts and commentators whose ideas shape the ideas of others have tried to pinpoint the cause of the populist fervor that upended many expectations. In op-eds and books (see The Death of Expertise) the consensus seems to be: The egghead is dead. ..."

     Of course the intelligent thing would have been for voters to take the advice of Globalist academics and left-wing and Neocon intellectuals and pundits and elect the Clinton Crime Family and reject Brexit in favor of staying within the EU, which is fast becoming something between the Soviet Union and a European Caliphate.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-happened-americas-public-intellectuals-180963668/