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Regarding intellectuals... its easy to knock them. Really easy. They're usually not very muscular and they don't put up a good fight. It doesn't turn them on-- the sound of marching boots, or medals, or big limos-- so, no, its not hard to take them down. All you have to do is rip the book from their hands, or the guitar, or the pencil, or the camera, and instantly they turn into useless, hopeless oafs. As a matter of fact, that's usually the first thing that a dictator does: break their eye glasses, burn their books or ban their concerts. It doesn't cost him much, and it can help him avoid all sorts of bother further down the line. But you see, if being an intellectual means you like to learn, that you're curious and attentive and can admire things and be moved by them and try to understand how it all hangs together, and try to go to bed a bit less stupid than the day before, well than, yes: not only am I an intellectual but I'm proud to be one.

-Hunting and Gathering