Hello Qari I appreciate what you wrote and agree with a lot of it. However I think most of the people attracted to socialism have above average iq but are not high level iq such as yours.

I believe it is hard for high level iq people to function in a typical liberal environment due to all the hypocrisy. I am 45 years old and now live my life besides my wife and children pretty much not talking to anybody other than small talk. I go to Church, play organized sports, involve with my children's school etc. but I don't talk to people really.

The people I see thriving are people that are smart enough to write a good essay or who can repeat the orange man bad talking points they heard on the tv.

spez (I write spez when I comment on Zero Hedge and other website now lol). The conceit you describe I see as narcissism. We live in an age of narcissism.