I have been thinking about this for a while.
Much of the intellectual nonsense, and I used the word intellectual advisedly, has had its genesis in the English speaking world.
Race theory
Anti-Western ideology
Intersectionality
Gender fluidity
And much much more.
The leaders of the English speaking world are the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Also the members of the Five Eyes.
What do 4 of these Five Eyes have in common? Their seats of government are in distant, sometimes artificially created, cities. Away from the people. Essentially artificial environments.
Washington DC
Ottawa
Canberra
Wellington
Places where government, access to, influencing of, and operation are the centre of life. Where politicians, public servants, journalists, academics, lobbyists work, socialise and more importantly procreate creating a neo-aristocracy.
Insulated from the heat of genuine public opinion and the consequences of government policy.
Consider the genius plans for Northern Territory cooked up in Woden ACT. Consider US border policies cooked up in the grey office block of Washington DC.
Creating environments insulated from reality of voters and the consequences of ideas and policies does not explain everything but it seems to explain much.
As Thomas Sowell wrote:
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Let us all eat cake after all:
Thomas Sowell is a wise man.