Comment by Windchaser

Kinda hard to pin down a date.

When I think of the current social and political trends, I'm reminded of Asimov's quote about anti-intellectualism in 1980. Or Douglas Hofstadter's Pulitzer-prize winning book, "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life", published in *1963*.

These things aren't new. They just wax and wane in power, over time, and recombine in new and interesting ways to yield long-term trends.