Why Intellectuals are Left Wing Wimps

[amicus]

I am going to saunter into this little foray, playing with words, being as insulting as I can possibly be as I casually mosey from issue to issue, savoring each egg I crush.

Intellectuals of the left wing ilk, bombast a righteous attitude of superiority over the common man in a dozen ways. They lord it over all with their feigned appreciation of the ‘finer things’ in life, with their Opera and Piano Concerts, their ‘theatre’ and entertainment associations, and especially with their Bohemian lifestyles heralding such things as promiscuity and prostitution, alternative life style as gay, lesbian and bi-sexual, flaunting social convention and tradition, and of course the age long use of narcotics, from opium to absinthe and cocaine.

The first intellectuals were probably those born weak and puny with poor eyesight, who could only exist if others cared for them. Thus they became the marginal, ‘go-fers’ of the vital and productive tribal members, existing by begging and stealing left-over’s.

But, having excess energy as they did not work, their minds developed more so than their fellow man and they learned to exist quietly and stay out of the way of others.

The first ‘true’ intellectuals were most likely the Witch-doctors, sooth-sayers and medicine men, trading on their powers of observation and manipulation, deceit and fraud to achieve a ‘status’ in the group.

Always seeking ways to ‘please’ their Masters, as they were incapable of ruling, they became a necessary adjunct to formal religion and the King’s Court. Their beady little myopic eyes facilitated the ability to be scribes and painters and again, they served their Masters bidding in every aspect.

This pretty much continued up until the Renaissance and then the emergence of a wealthy trading class and the Industrial Revolution.

When posturing for the glory of King and God began to wane and a trading empire emerged and the power and wealth began to shift base from the Church and the King’s Court, the poor lost intellectual turned, ecce bono, where the money is, the wealthy upper class.

Oh, how they hated toadying to the crass materialists, but, what the hay, it was a living.

So…they became the teachers and the lawyers and the writers and the bohemians, still selling their services to those who could pay, and internally corrupting everything they could in their life of discontent.

Then, finally, to their salvation, on a dark and dreary night, the god of the collective was found in swaddling clothes in a manger somewhere on Piccadilly street in London; Lo and Behold, a new king is born!

Thus it has been e’er since, the intellectual confronting the vital and producing members of society, parasitical in nature and clever and crafty as they continue to corrupt the young and helpless.

So, if you wonder the truth in ‘why intellectuals hate freedom’, that I posed some time ago, that might give you a brief idea or at least something to think about.

I had intended to present a rather scholarly document, based on Bertrand de Juvenal’s, essay “Treatment of Capitalism by Intellectuals” contained in a book edited by F.A. Hayek, “Capitalism and the Historians”, but this was so much more enjoyable..

Hope you enjoyed it.

Ahem…


Amicus…

 

[egelante]

I am going to saunter into this little foray, playing with words, being as insulting as I can possibly be as I casually mosey from issue to issue, savoring each egg I crush.

Intellectuals of the left wing ilk, bombast a righteous attitude of superiority over the common man in a dozen ways. They lord it over all with their feigned appreciation of the ‘finer things’ in life, with their Opera and Piano Concerts, their ‘theatre’ and entertainment associations, and especially with their Bohemian lifestyles heralding such things as promiscuity and prostitution, alternative life style as gay, lesbian and bi-sexual, flaunting social convention and tradition, and of course the age long use of narcotics, from opium to absinthe and cocaine.

The first intellectuals were probably those born weak and puny with poor eyesight, who could only exist if others cared for them. Thus they became the marginal, ‘go-fers’ of the vital and productive tribal members, existing by begging and stealing left-over’s.

But, having excess energy as they did not work, their minds developed more so than their fellow man and they learned to exist quietly and stay out of the way of others.

The first ‘true’ intellectuals were most likely the Witch-doctors, sooth-sayers and medicine men, trading on their powers of observation and manipulation, deceit and fraud to achieve a ‘status’ in the group.

Always seeking ways to ‘please’ their Masters, as they were incapable of ruling, they became a necessary adjunct to formal religion and the King’s Court. Their beady little myopic eyes facilitated the ability to be scribes and painters and again, they served their Masters bidding in every aspect.

This pretty much continued up until the Renaissance and then the emergence of a wealthy trading class and the Industrial Revolution.

When posturing for the glory of King and God began to wane and a trading empire emerged and the power and wealth began to shift base from the Church and the King’s Court, the poor lost intellectual turned, ecce bono, where the money is, the wealthy upper class.

Oh, how they hated toadying to the crass materialists, but, what the hay, it was a living.

So…they became the teachers and the lawyers and the writers and the bohemians, still selling their services to those who could pay, and internally corrupting everything they could in their life of discontent.

Then, finally, to their salvation, on a dark and dreary night, the god of the collective was found in swaddling clothes in a manger somewhere on Piccadilly street in London; Lo and Behold, a new king is born!

Thus it has been e’er since, the intellectual confronting the vital and producing members of society, parasitical in nature and clever and crafty as they continue to corrupt the young and helpless.

So, if you wonder the truth in ‘why intellectuals hate freedom’, that I posed some time ago, that might give you a brief idea or at least something to think about.

I had intended to present a rather scholarly document, based on Bertrand de Juvenal’s, essay “Treatment of Capitalism by Intellectuals” contained in a book edited by F.A. Hayek, “Capitalism and the Historians”, but this was so much more enjoyable..

Hope you enjoyed it.

Ahem…


Amicus…

And are you, who so likes to play with and cloak yourself in words whilst claiming that you 'researches' are productive, any different?

 

[amicus]

And are you, who so likes to play with and cloak yourself in words whilst claiming that you 'researches' are productive, any different?

~~~

Well, egelante, had you been around for a while you would know that I actually worked for a living most of my life, my 'thoughtful' pursuits of understanding and comprehension are merely pleasantries, thank you.

Amicus...

 

[egelante]

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Well, egelante, had you been around for a while you would know that I actually worked for a living most of my life, my 'thoughtful' pursuits of understanding and comprehension are merely pleasantries, thank you.

Amicus...

I do not doubt it... but I doubt the dismissal of the "intellectual", of culture - that which is cultivated - as a puny achievement. Without the "intellectual", your "thoughtful pursuits" would likely not exist.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Careful, Ami, you don't want to fnd yourself accused of having bedfellows like this one:

"Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver."
- Hermann Goering

 

[JamesSD]

Nice.

You're always good for a chuckle, dude.

 

[slyc_willie]

"Intellectuals are Left Wing Wimps."

Hmm.

"Grunting Apes are Right Wing He-Men."

 

[amicus]

I do not doubt it... but I doubt the dismissal of the "intellectual", of culture - that which is cultivated - as a puny achievement. Without the "intellectual", your "thoughtful pursuits" would likely not exist.

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Please note, that I did not say 'all' intellectuals are left wing wimps, nor do I discount all cultural, just the corrupt and disabilitating part that demeans the innate goodness of the species.

Even though Billy Holiday was a prostitute and a drug addict it doesn't mean she didn't create art.

There is another aspect of intellectualism and intellectuals that begs to be discussed in more detail as many are subject to alienation because of their intelligence and station in life.

There is great art, great literature and great music and those gifted individuals reach beyond themselves sometimes into the far reaches of comprehension and discover great fear in the realizations on the envelope of knowledge and emotion.

It is those I adore and value, but they are very few in number.

At least I got your attention.

regards..

amicus...

 

[amicus]

Nice.

You're always good for a chuckle, dude.

~~~

Always pleased to be entertaining, James...thank you...


Amicus...

 

[amicus]

Careful, Ami, you don't want to fnd yourself accused of having bedfellows like this one:

"Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver."
- Hermann Goering

Ah, Roxanne, you can do better than that...


Amicus...

 

[sr71plt]

When all else fails, try common sense. Intellectualism isn't a left/right thing, nor does it determine or is it determined by the personality traits of the individual. There are intellectuals all across the spectrum, and their political leaning doesn't determine their personality.

 

[amicus]

When all else fails, try common sense. Intellectualism isn't a left/right thing, nor does it determine or is it determined by the personality traits of the individual. There are intellectuals all across the spectrum, and their political leaning doesn't determine their personality.

~~~

We've clashed before, I suppose we will again.

I think it was Ayn Rand who wrote, 'Show me the woman a man sleeps with and I will tell you his values..." sumpin like that...

That vast majority of 'intellectuals' those who earn their livelihood with their minds instead of their bodies, are politically left wing, that is to say, socialist, advocating the collective over the individual. That holds true for artists and musicians and teachers and such, sometimes as high as ninety percent.

The historian I referenced, de Jouvenal, presented quite a logical history of the birth and growth of 'intellectuals' in society. It made quite a bit of sense to me, and others who read and critiqued his work.

In the past hundred years or so, an aristocracy of the intellectuals has developed, with an attitude of looking down on the majority of mankind rather than contributing to the accumulation of knowledge and science.

It has solidified, of recent, into an anti free market, anti industrial, anti capitalist bastion that has infiltrated all levels of society.

Most people are in awe of the blue blood intelligentsia and yearn to bask in the glory of the art and music and entertainment they espouse.

I wanna rain on that parade.

Amicus...

 

[slyc_willie]

So . . .

Intellectualism equals creativity equals left wing.

Hmm.

I'm feeling more sorry for the Right with every post you make, Amicus.

 

[sr71plt]

~~~

We've clashed before, I suppose we will again.

I think it was Ayn Rand who wrote, 'Show me the woman a man sleeps with and I will tell you his values..." sumpin like that...

That vast majority of 'intellectuals' those who earn their livelihood with their minds instead of their bodies, are politically left wing, that is to say, socialist, advocating the collective over the individual. That holds true for artists and musicians and teachers and such, sometimes as high as ninety percent.

The historian I referenced, de Jouvenal, presented quite a logical history of the birth and growth of 'intellectuals' in society. It made quite a bit of sense to me, and others who read and critiqued his work.

In the past hundred years or so, an aristocracy of the intellectuals has developed, with an attitude of looking down on the majority of mankind rather than contributing to the accumulation of knowledge and science.

It has solidified, of recent, into an anti free market, anti industrial, anti capitalist bastion that has infiltrated all levels of society.

Most people are in awe of the blue blood intelligentsia and yearn to bask in the glory of the art and music and entertainment they espouse.

I wanna rain on that parade.

Amicus...

Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you had all of the intellectuals in the world counted. Did you give them names or numbers when you had them count off? And I suppose you got your revelation because they were all leaning to the left when you had them there in a single-file line.

Again, when you decide to make something up, it's always wise to add in at least a smidgen of common sense.

 

[WRJames]

I spent six years in the Boston academic scene, before fleeing to the relative sanity of corporate life -- and you know what -- a lot of the folks running around MIT, Harvard and the like are exactly what Amicus is describing. He left out the arrogance, the pettiness, the backbiting, the jealousy, the fighting over crumbs, the conceit mixed with a constant worry that someone else may, in fact, be better.

Yes, there is great art, great music, great literature, but why is it all about winning awards and competitions, or being first chair instead of second chair in the orchestra? Yes, there is interesting research, but too often it is swept away in the demand to turn out enough papers to get tenure, or to keep enough grants coming in. What begins as an urge to create quickly is lost in the struggle just to survive.

So, a lot of intellectuals have created their own little hell, and they are content to frolic in it.

But -- I'm still a little left of center -- at least I'm to the left of Ami -- but then again, who isn't?

 

[amicus]

WRJames...appreciate the acknowledgment, I knew youse guys were out there somewhere.

I found the 'de Jouvenal' piece enlightening in terms of comprehending why many of the 'smart' people in our society are all socialists.

Even in a time where the Church is corrupt and Priests are contemptible, the masses still flock to Mass.

Even when we know that ninety percent of college professors are socialists, we still send our children off and pay through the nose for a poor education.

Even when we know that our authors, screen writers, stars, musicians, artists, are mostly drug addicts and almost all socialists, we still flock to the movies and admire their talent and skill.

It is so difficult to realize that modern intellectuals are still on a two century long quest to regain the sinecure of a tenured position in the Church or at the King's court. They really intensely hate the free enterprise system where one must produce and compete with meritorious judgment rather than suck and pull.

Amazing, ain't it?

Amicus...

 

[sr71plt]

I spent six years in the Boston academic scene, before fleeing to the relative sanity of corporate life -- and you know what -- a lot of the folks running around MIT, Harvard and the like are exactly what Amicus is describing. He left out the arrogance, the pettiness, the backbiting, the jealousy, the fighting over crumbs, the conceit mixed with a constant worry that someone else may, in fact, be better.

Yep, that describes that ole leftwinger Harvard Intellectual, Henry Kissinger, to a tee. Well, I'm convinced. It's true that when you've seen one, you've seen them all.

Again, when all else fails, try some common sense.

 

[Pure]

dear ami,

you might mention the anti-intellectuals, the Father Coughlins, Joe McCarthy's, Richard Nixon, G Lincoln Rockwell, George "W".

you know: the haters, the racists, your bedmates.

 

[amicus]

Yep, that describes that ole leftwinger Harvard Intellectual, Henry Kissinger, to a tee. Well, I'm convinced. It's true that when you've seen one, you've seen them all.

Again, when all else fails, try some common sense.

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That is twice you have used, 'common sense'.

Common sense is surely the last thing one would attribute to intellectuals.

Common sense is a factor of the real world, of reality, which intellectuals, almost by definition, reject out of hand.

They prefer the rose colored glasses approach to an utopian concept of lambs lying with sheep and universal sacrifice of the individual for the greater good.

Now ifin that ain't silly and surely in opposition to common sense...?

amicus...

 

[amicus]

dear ami,

you might mention the anti-intellectuals, the Father Coughlins, Joe McCarthy's, Richard Nixon, G Lincoln Rockwell, George "W".

you know: the haters, the racists, your bedmates.

~~~

You do much better, Pure, when you cut and paste and don't expose your own ignorance and hate.

Ami...

 

[sr71plt]

Common sense is a factor of the real world, of reality, which intellectuals, almost by definition, reject out of hand.

Well, that's a crock of shit. I doubt that you'd know an intellectual if you fell over him/her.

 

[Oblimo]

http://oblimo.pbwiki.com/f/animated%20hypercube.gif

Good grief, again?

I've heard of agrammatism, but this is getting ridiculous.

 

[amicus]

Well, that's a crock of shit. I doubt that you'd know an intellectual if you fell over him/her.

~~~

Your verbiage indicates that you ain't one sr72plt, so at least I can recognize when one ain't...

Getting a little close to the bone with you, am I?


Amicus...

 

[slyc_willie]

WRJames...appreciate the acknowledgment, I knew youse guys were out there somewhere.

I found the 'de Jouvenal' piece enlightening in terms of comprehending why many of the 'smart' people in our society are all socialists.

Even in a time where the Church is corrupt and Priests are contemptible, the masses still flock to Mass.

Um . . . proof?

Even when we know that ninety percent of college professors are socialists, we still send our children off and pay through the nose for a poor education.

Again . . . proof?

Even when we know that our authors, screen writers, stars, musicians, artists, are mostly drug addicts and almost all socialists, we still flock to the movies and admire their talent and skill.

Yet again . . . proof?

It is so difficult to realize that modern intellectuals are still on a two century long quest to regain the sinecure of a tenured position in the Church or at the King's court. They really intensely hate the free enterprise system where one must produce and compete with meritorious judgment rather than suck and pull.

Amazing, ain't it?

Amicus...

Yes, it certainly is.

 

[amicus]

Um . . . proof?



Again . . . proof?



Yet again . . . proof?



Yes, it certainly is.

~~~

Proof? Proof? Proof?

Good Lord man, don't you read?

Amicus...