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Originally Posted by HarmanKardon
Where is the prominent intellectual elite, like Woody Allen or Joan Baez raising their voice against Trump? Where are the demonstrations against Trump? America seems to be paralyzed or has become feeble-minded on any level of its society.
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The intellectual elite are profoundly mistrusted by the American right. This dates back to the communist hysteria of the Cold War when many of our leading intellectuals, who were active on the left here, were demonized, persecuted and personally destroyed by their own government.
I don't think Woody Allen has ever been politically active and, outside of performing, Joan Baez has more or less retired from public life. We do have Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore and they are listened to, but only by the left.