Deep thought: maybe conservatives are turning against learning because learning is incompatible with modern conservative ideologyhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2017/11/25/elitists-crybabies-and-junky-degrees/?utm_term=.67a94a0a184d …
There's a sort of intellectual flourishing in modern conservative thought though. Driven mainly by the classical liberals severing ties with the Left over authoritarianism. It's not over yet, but you must be able to see it already.