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Book Review: Fussell on Class

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held09218[dead post] ◴[] No.26357356[source]
Some people hide their true intentions behind an avalanche of words that sound smart. Scott Alexander is one. He is a pseudointellectual.

Recently, some of his emails were leaked that show he is horrifyingly racist [1].

[1] https://twitter.com/ArsonAtDennys/status/1362153191102677001

Backup of the original source who deleted their tweets due to threats/harassment: https://web.archive.org/web/20210217195335/https://twitter.c...

More info and discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/lm36nk/old_scott...

1. 0xdeadbeefbabe ◴[] No.26358571[source]
But pseudo is the only type. Reading Fussel books gives me this idea.