As I've found in previous research, when trains were a new technology 150 years ago, some journalists and intellectuals worried about the destruction that the railroads would bring to society.

我发现了一个以前完成的调查，上面说当150年前火车作为一种先进科技刚出来的时候，一些记者和知识分子担心铁轨的破坏性会让社会贻害无穷。

youdao

The wealth of society is created by the workers, peasants and working intellectuals.

社会的财富是工人、农民和劳动知识分子自己创造的。

youdao

The retirement age delay of female cadres and female intellectuals embodies the progress of the society, and it is a significant hallmark of gender equality.

女干部、女知识分子延迟退休，体现了我国社会的进步，是男女性别平等向前进步的一个重要标志。

youdao

Aware of the need for intellectuals, politicians and civil society from everywhere to rally this cause, UNESCO and the Confucius Institute of the People's Republic of China Headquarters have joined forces to host the Paris-Nishan Forum on "Confucianism and New Humanism in a Globalized World" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 16 April 2012.

UNESCO: House | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Similarly, in Venezuela the successive referendums and votes generated opposition from students, intellectuals and other non-political elements in society.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Civil disobedience as an option for Venezuela

And one reason why he was so interested in conservative intellectuals was that he thought that their ideas on the primacy of the family and the organic nature of society might be able to revitalise his party.

ECONOMIST: Daniel Patrick Moynihan