With Vikings currently on the brain of late, I sit wondering how the midwit would have sat in that world, or even if they would ever have had the chance to exist. Indeed, we live in cushy times that we have the luxury of fighting with words and being able to be offended.
It's gone midnight, by the way, so if I'm making no sense I blame the fact that I should be asleep at this point in time.
The midwit infiltrates through social skills and politicking .
Even in Viking culture, I'm sure.
They are the socially accepted cuckoo in the nest.
While never a real problem in societies -they can be hard working, productive - and great at cooperating, it's the imbalance - their amount of influence - that has really screwed things up.
(Marxism in the educational facilities, everyone and his dog going to uni, etc)
If you can't fight with words, the internet isn't for you - unless your intent is propagandizing and controlling.
If you're incapable of the intellectual fight, get out of the ring.