People with a lot of degrees crave feeling like a member of a club that's smarter than everyone else. It's not even principled leftism; it's globbing on to what they believe are appropriate beliefs for an elite. You also see this in them concentrating in the same places: "This is where someone like me ought to live; the rest of the country is a backwater."
People with high IQs and fewer degrees are frustrated that they ARE smarter than everyone else. They don't want to be concentrated in a big city because being around lots of people annoys them.
People with a lot of degrees crave feeling like a member of a club that's smarter than everyone else. It's not even principled leftism; it's globbing on to what they believe are appropriate beliefs for an elite. You also see this in them concentrating in the same places: "This is where someone like me ought to live; the rest of the country is a backwater."
People with high IQs and fewer degrees are frustrated that they ARE smarter than everyone else. They don't want to be concentrated in a big city because being around lots of people annoys them.