On The Term Intellectual
I think I've realized why people roll their eyes at the term intellectual: the intellectuals nowadays lack intellect.
Much in the same way geocentric model believers can't be astronomers the average intellectual relies on aping tired tropes and talking points from a failed ideology. Count the number of times intellectuals explicitly use terms and phrases practically plagiarized from Marx's own books. Consider how intellectual leftists movements like critical theory never posit any actual alternatives to capitalism and just beat it into your head that capitalism is evil.
Much in the same way geocentric model believers can't be astronomers the average intellectual relies on aping tired tropes and talking points from a failed ideology. Count the number of times intellectuals explicitly use terms and phrases practically plagiarized from Marx's own books. Consider how intellectual leftists movements like critical theory never posit any actual alternatives to capitalism and just beat it into your head that capitalism is evil.