If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas for people in power, and telling people what they should believe...they're really more a kind of secular priesthood, whose task it is to uphold the doctrinal truths of the society. And the population SHOULD be anti-intellectual in that repect.


Understanding Power (ed. Penguin Books India, 2003) - ISBN: 9780143029915

Noam Chomsky Quotes

If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas for people in power, and...

If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas for people in power, and...

If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas for people in power, and...

If by 'intellectual' you mean people who are a special class who are in the business of imposing thoughts and forming ideas for people in power, and...