re: #8 Fozzie Bear
Why do you think fascist political movements always attack intellectuals? (initially rhetorically, later physically) They do it because intellectuals feel obligated to point out lies and distortions, and because they are generally resistant to this kind of propaganda.
Jealousy, envy, self-loathing, no sense of themselves except in contrast with someone else, frightened of their own shadows, resentful of anyone who isn’t, the list goes on…