Ok but that's a reductive view of human beings. Average MAGA folks are uneducated and propagandized, but they aren't evil and viewing them as such feeds into the culture war.
You need to construct a vision of society that allows both to succeed. Everyone is struggling these days and you need to construct a society that values all people.
Society doesn't prioritize knowledge for it's own sake. It prioritizes making money. If society was different, more people could pursue hard sciences.