Headmaster: They were all socialists. Why is it always the intelligent people who are socialists?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker wonders why intelligent people are often socialists.
- In plain terms
- Intelligent people tend to be socialists.
- What can you take from it?
- Intelligence is often linked to socialist views in this context.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are intelligent people more likely to be socialists?
- What shapes political views?
Another view
The claim assumes a correlation between intelligence and political view.
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