Reply #11: of course

[William Z. Foster]

Maracle is one, as am I.

There is also nothing wrong with pointing out, as intellectuals, that we have perhaps the most co-opted bunch of intellectuals ever in history, and there is nothing wrong with talking about the ways in which we are all trained to be shills for the powerful and wealthy and enemies of our own people, antagonistic to the working class.

To say that wealth and credentials have no impact on a person's world view defies easily observable objective reality. Most educated people do in fact think that education affects their world view, so long as we are talking about positive things. Once we suggest anything negative, then people bridle at the suggestion that their education has made them biased.

Recently we had a discussion here about student loans, and dozens and dozens of people argued that the purpose of an education was to increase one's earnings and status, and also strongly implied that the educated were morally superior.

We also have a tidal wave here recently of posts blaming the working class people for the problems in the country. If that does not reflect a gentrified and aristocratic bias among intellectuals and educated people, I don't know what would.