Because dictators have the intellectuals killed, not the farmers.
As for the revolutionary " intellectuals," without the lever of agrarian discontent they In 1897 only 15% of the population were engaged in commerce or industry, including the work-people.
The secret police would strive very hard to isolate independent intellectuals from the body of the nation.
There was a period when intellectuals believed and spoke openly of the idea that the "breeding" of the "unfit" should be limited.
The secret police strove very hard to isolate independent intellectuals from the body of the nation.