Everything That They Don't Know Is Equal - To What I Do Know - And Even I Know I Need Help In Knowing Things

I've never heard of Karl Kraus, but he sounds, as the saying goes, like "a kindred spirit":

He wasn't in the business of denigrating the masses or lowbrow culture; the calculated difficulty of his writing wasn't a barricade against the barbarians. It was aimed, instead, at bright and well-educated cultural authorities who embraced a phony kind of individuality – people Kraus believed ought to have known better.

You can guess who all they'd be, today, I'm sure.

The political results - with blacks and the poor clamoring to join their cause - speak for themselves.

And, if not, here's a "ought to have known better" hint.

ADDED:

Can you imagine what things would look like, if Putin had written his Op-Ed, but started referencing the "teachings" of Joseph Smith?

We'd be far beyond just "embarrassed" on the world stage,...