tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post9215600353570224897..comments2024-03-26T09:35:47.151+00:00Comments on No PC Views: What is an intellectual?No PChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-5191646124472762862017-08-09T11:57:22.906+01:002017-08-09T11:57:22.906+01:00An easy observation to make, but in a West where i...An easy observation to make, but in a West where its generally been a left leaning view of society that prevails (at least in Europe), one that can easily be challenged.<br /><br />Socialist thought or its bedfellow political correctness hold sway on: <br /><br />(a) Healthcare provision.<br />(b) Immigration policies.<br />(c) Race (Multiculturalism).<br />(d) Asylum.<br />(e) Welfare Benefits.<br />(f) Law and Order.<br /><br />So how can right thinking intellectual thought be for the status quo? <br /><br />After all the current status quo represents 80 - 100 years of neo-liberalism social policies, all being implemented with no regard for their success or failure?<br /><br />I submit therefore that intellectualism i.e considering <i>another way</i> can only come from the right, and its the left and its lazy thinking, who are defending the status quo.<br />No PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-34365303656379688762017-08-09T09:44:28.950+01:002017-08-09T09:44:28.950+01:00Not being an intellectual myself, my humble opinio...Not being an intellectual myself, my humble opinion of this use of the word is that to be on the right requires little thought, it is the status quo which rests on our human instincts of self preservation, self interest and greed. <br />To consider <i>another</i> way and contemplate a social system which doesn't rely on our common denominators is viewed as an effort of thought, ie. intellectual.Vroomfondelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502448843409791872noreply@blogger.com