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Why Mediocrity Is Becoming Militant

Picture a world where the loudest voices are not the wisest, where expertise is met with suspicion, and where the most common opinion becomes the most celebrated truth. Imagine a society not just tolerant of mediocrity, but actively demanding it, even imposing it, as the prevailing standard. Does this feel uncomfortably familiar? It should, because over ninety years ago, a Spanish philosopher saw this future unfolding and issued a stark, prophetic warning.

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