#RantMode Let’s stipulate: There is a distribution of cognitive ability among humans, and some individuals, whether through genetics, upbringing, a lack of personal drive (or, in reality, some combination of all three) fall on the low end of the curve.1 They just aren’t smart, aren’t able to produce the same societal value as those further up the curve, and so they can’t compete in a meritocracy. Trump is the avatar for the anti-intellectuals’ revenge.