There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Hay un culto a la ignorancia en los Estados Unidos y siempre lo ha habido. El esfuerzo del anti-intelectualismo ha sido un constante lastre en el modo de funcionar de nuestra política y vida cultural. Inculcada por la equivocada creencia de que la democracia significa que "mi ignorancia es tan buena como tu cultura".