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No. Their role is to support it, like Iraq, then lament the consequences after the fact as damage control.
I remember Chris Hedges saying something to that measure in regards to Iraq. The liberal intellectual class is there to support the state and American project.
I guess I should have been more specific, but when I say "libs" I'm not referring to the thought leaders, I'm referring to the rank and file. (This is generally what I mean when I use the term in a general sense actually).
the rank and file will probably follow the thought leaders
Rank and file turned on Iraq before the thought leaders did kinda