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    8 days ago

    The French Revolution was also supported by the outspoken writings and speeches of an intellectual élite that came to shape most of what European culture has evolved to since.

    This élite demanded education for the masses, freedom of the press, derived a non-religious base for social order from the natural laws discovered and popularized by the Enlightenment.

    Now… the USA… intellectual élite… rich people spending to educate the masses… naah, don’t see it.

    This guy may actually be among the best they can recruit.