What's the real reason behind that since late 19th century to this day, many intellectuals (writers, composers...

What's the real reason behind that since late 19th century to this day, many intellectuals (writers, composers, scientists, etc...) have had leftist political views?

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Because we have this thing called plurality of opinions and since the left wing encompasses the left half of the political spectrum, pretty obviously about half of intellectals are left wing

he killed thousands

I don't think you know what leftism actually means in a historical sense, but if you mean socialists because it only became an ideology in the 19th century so it was kind of inevitable there weren't many around before that

Increased education but no increase in intelligence/understanding.

Really? so leftist intellectuals like Einstein and Picasso have less understanding than you do?

>einstein
>leftist
>not a z*onist
Besides his overall accomplishments as a scientist dont make him a great political thinker

it wasn't tried yet

Leftists and liberals are typically more open minded than conservatives and are able to think more on an abstract level, which effects how smart they are and the innovation they create which is sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Liberalism created both nationalism and communism

Except that for the fact that Lenin was a not a leftist. He was a right wing fascist Russian nationalist. Steve Bannon calls himself a Leninist well that makes Lenin a fascist and a member of the alt-right. To claim that Lenin was a communist or that Russia was ever communist is a complete lie. We have never had communism so you can't say that this is communism. The Bolsheviks were not Bolsheviks or communists, they were fascists and right wing nationalists to the core.

Simply because reading books is likely to expose one to leftist views

It's because they all come from urban areas

I think even in the 18th century literate types were much more likely to support liberalism and other secular humanist attitudes than common folk

Really can't tell if this is bait or you're just fucking retarded

In China today and in 1930s Spain the countryside was much more leftist

Nope, he was a fascist. End of story. Communism has never been tried before. Even Trump is a Leninist and given his right wing views, no doubt that Lenin and the alt-right share some things in common.

It’s obviously just some /pol/ack acting out, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the same guy from the African development thread earlier in the week who went on several dozen paragraph long racist tangents because he got BTFO.

Because leftist views were the obvious path to progress, whereas the "right" was the old and outdated.

Left had won in France. And introduced laissez-faire and free market across Europe. It now created monopolies and consolidation among few, thus you had Socialism and Marxism.

An attempt at the "third stage" was an inevitability. Why there are people who still today preach discredited ideas from another age is what confuses me.

>Liberalism created both nationalism and communism

Nationalism existed 2000 years before liberalism was thought of.

>My opinion

These individuals are compationate about the people they want to help and cannot understand why someone doesn't strive for the same so they force a "US v THEM" style where their opposition is the enemy for they (the opposition) do not have compassion for the poor, the elderly, the sick, the downtroddened, etc. because they (the opposition) are greedy for holding onto their wealth and refuse to give up said wealth to help the community at large.

t. Primordialist Wewuzzer.

More like very drunk /leftypol trying to be funny.

Artists hate to become sellout to survive.
Scientists hate to see that people with much lower IQ than them to become rich and powerful.
Both think that communism would fix that. They don't care about well-being of people but their own status.

No

>What's the real reason behind that since late 19th century to this day, many intellectuals (writers, composers, scientists, etc...) have had leftist political views?

Because most "rightests" in western civilization have formed their power base on a foundation of idiocy and fraud in the "Holy" Bible. Leftists get overconfident in their intellectual superiority when they are able to escape mentally from the trap of the Bible.

It's a matter of degree - like being the smartest guy in special ed.

youtube.com/watch?v=gYXlvtwaODw

A small minority of the ruling elite cannot control the majority through power alone. However, the majority does not create their own opinions, and this is where "intellectuals" come in. Rarely will their beliefs be tested, and simply adopted by the public. You can see this in the scientific claims by the government, which is a modern version of saying the king has divine right to rule. Both parties get to live comfortably off of the fruits of the productive class. It's a win win

If most smart think something maybe, just maybe, there's something to it.

The people with the money, and their tribe, get what they want. From which wars to how they are recorded.

If some people are handed high positions in western academia after supposed "persecution" then only teach what they want, then only hire the people they choose, soon you have their "consensus" and more people learning only what they want taught.

>What's the real reason behind that since late 19th century to this day, many intellectuals (writers, composers, scientists, etc...) have had leftist political views?

Intellectualism is a stance that is concerned about the actual truth in regards to a particular matter, and this stance comes from a deep concern and engagement with the world around one's self - including other people. This naturally leads to leftist positions. Rightism is great if you don't give a fuck about people outside yourself and/or your tribe, or are intellectually dishonest and don't care about truth.

americans and anglos are cancerous, calling 19th century communists and socialists "leftists"

not only you are retarded but lack any kind of political or historical education

die

It's not that complicated, intellectuals and educators tend to wield a large amount of influence on society therefore leftists have specifically focused on converting intellectuals and educators to their movements.

marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_22.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

Stop right there /pol/ack scum!
Where are you going with those goalposts?

> intellectuals and educators tend to wield a large amount of influence on society therefore leftists
the right wing does this too.

so by your calculations intellectuals = idiots.
got it. nice doublespeak there.

>so by your calculations intellectuals = idiots
Lenin's calculations, not mine, you can replace the term 'useful idiot' with 'agents of influence' if it makes you less butthurt

>marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_22.htm
> talks about Lenin
> links to a decision by Mao
Nice sourcework there son. No wonder people think your kind are special.

'Useful Idiot' is a term coined by Lenin dumbass

Einstein had about as much understanding of political theory as Marx had on theoretical physics, also
>Picasso
>an intellectual
Pick one

If you read your article, you will find that this term was used by anticommunists against moderate leftists, while Lenin himself referred to the idiocy, blindness and greed of Capitalism in opposition to Communism, rather than any sort of intellectuals or politicians.

Lenin implied that Capitalists will sell out to communists if they smell profit, completely ignoring any geopolitical or strategic concerns. Which is what happened with both Soviet Union and China.

this

because I feel this way and have heavy socialist leanings even though I recognise the inherent danger in this way of thinking.

>Communism sends countries into repression, famine and poverty and has a death toll of over 100 million people
>Countries with the most freedom, the most prosperity and the highest standards of living are capitalist
Wow, how can people not realize how compassionate leftism is??!

If we’re playing death toll Olympics capitalism kills way more people.

How so?

>most intelectual had leftist political views
>most far-leftist regimes are anti-intellectual and love to persecute and kill intelectuals for "political dissent", "ideological traitor", "political criticism" etc.
Is this some kind of paradox or is OP and his kind just brainlets who can generalize everything to benefit their retarted bias?

This falls apart when you recognize that socialist views are anything but consensus in any American university department, they're just more prevalent then among the general public

The intellectuals in question weren't complete dicks and empathised with the masses at the bottom of economic and social hierarchy?

>Liberalism created (...) communism
This can be only argued in the sense that liberalism drove people to develop communism as a more desirable alternative.

>bolcheviks were not bolcheviks

Centuries of everyday exploitation and starvation as well as dozens of major mars fought for control of markets.

If we're being as uncharitable as the Black Book of Communism, which included in its calculation people were "supposed to be born" before Soviet and Chinese policies brought down the number of births by women, then we can find easily attribute an incredible number of deaths to capitalism and capitalist governments.

This picture doesn't even take into account Amartya Sen's research on hunger in India, which killed around 4,000,000 people a year in the 20th century under normal food-availability conditions.

mobile.nytimes.com/2003/03/01/arts/does-democracy-avert-famine.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

It's bait

>Muh false equivalency

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