tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post7523297465774036683..comments2024-03-17T00:23:24.896-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: The Video that shows What’s Wrong with the Modern LeftLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-374869305705222392016-04-01T04:23:50.447-07:002016-04-01T04:23:50.447-07:00The left lack a tragic view of life. Life is not ...The left lack a tragic view of life. Life is not fair and never has been. There will always be racism, sexism, homophobia etc, and no amount of 'education' will stamp these out completely. There will always be rape too.<br /><br />None of these problems, which are inevitable to a certain degree, justify the nonsense that we see today on social media with the call out culture and the aggressive abuse of minority power to silence dissent. The SJW mentality is a disease and it's spreading like wildfire. <br /><br />As somebody that completed a liberal arts degree and excelled in it and knows plenty of academics, I can claim with absolute authority that the academy is responsible for the regressive left and the SJW mentality. Moreover, most of the academics that teach in the humanities have very ordinary IQ's with few exceptions (higher IQ's tend to be clustered in philosophy departments).<br /><br />Academics in media and gender studies departments suffer from the Dunning Kruger effect which they pass on to their students. They are all 'experts' on economics, biology etc, and in reality they know nothing about these topics. It's a complete farce.<br /><br />As much as I respect philosophy as a discipline, I'm beginning to suspect that maybe Japan had the right idea by withdrawing public funding from their humanities departments. They are in such a mess today that they are no longer beneficial to society unless they are radically restructured.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-5741846370481790892016-03-11T23:03:18.524-08:002016-03-11T23:03:18.524-08:00Personally I prefer Samuel Delany's conceptual...Personally I prefer Samuel Delany's conceptualization of 'racism':<br /><br />"Racism for me has always appeared to be first and foremost a system, largely supported by material and economic conditions at work in a field of social traditions. Thus, though racism is always made manifest through individuals’ decisions, actions, words, and feelings, when we have the luxury of looking at it with the longer view (and we don’t, always), usually I don’t see much point in blaming people personally, black or white, for their feelings or even for their specific actions— as long as they remain this side of the criminal. These are not what stabilize the system. These are not what promote and reproduce the system. These are not the points where the most lasting changes can be introduced to alter the system." (Thomas 383)<br /><br />The regressive left refuses to take his latter point.<br /><br /><br /><br />Thomas, Sheree R. (2014-12-02). Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (p. 383). Grand Central Publishing. R Minskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-20484663919115725682016-03-11T07:15:30.694-08:002016-03-11T07:15:30.694-08:00The view that everything is sexist is very mainstr...The view that everything is sexist is very mainstream. Even Laci Green say that everything is problematic.There is <br />even a beautiful "everything is sexist music video" on YouTube. The real problem is not with these people but with the academic education taught that give intellectual support and then these people see everything with problematic lenses. Raghu .https://www.blogger.com/profile/12395537692968391912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-89540408322832217972016-03-11T06:02:27.860-08:002016-03-11T06:02:27.860-08:00Incidentally I don't buy his theory of why it ...Incidentally I don't buy his theory of why it has happened -- the Flynn effect has made us all smarter. The Flynn effect is too big to be entirely real. 2 standard deviations smarter since 1916? That's ridiculous. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-46229951054798749732016-03-11T06:00:08.712-08:002016-03-11T06:00:08.712-08:00The Illusionist doesn't prejudge authors. He r...The Illusionist doesn't prejudge authors. He reads Alex Jones's every word. He would never pass over a Bob Murphy book with a sneer. Give him a Swedenborg and it's read that day.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-70643102734272564442016-03-11T05:57:56.544-08:002016-03-11T05:57:56.544-08:00It's not different at all. In the snippet she ...It's not different at all. In the snippet she seems like a self-anointed loon. In the full quote she confirms this. She's boasting about how she "point[ed] it all out".<br /><br />Give up on this Anonymous LK. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-91340722640609161382016-03-11T03:39:32.853-08:002016-03-11T03:39:32.853-08:00However, I am **NOT** to going to read 251 pages j...However, I am **NOT** to going to read 251 pages just to please you. Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-65021346896470357792016-03-11T03:38:45.696-08:002016-03-11T03:38:45.696-08:00I rationally prejudge authors who peddle known and...I rationally prejudge authors who peddle known and demonstrated nonsense, yes, as any rational person does. <br /><br />For example, anyone who tells me that the earth is flat or that the earth is at the centre of the universe has already demonstrated a deep level of ignorance and irrationality. <br /><br />It is very likely they have anything of interest or significance to say, just as with Freudians, creation scientists, Postmodernists, and Marxists.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-74968005658614153042016-03-11T03:35:44.074-08:002016-03-11T03:35:44.074-08:00I didn't say there is *no* discussion of it, f...I didn't say there is *no* discussion of it, for I just told you there is at least one occurrence of the word "slave". However, I am to going to read 251 pages just to please you. <br /><br />I asked you: Does 19th century chattel slavery exist in the US today or not?<br /><br />Apparently you can't just answer me honestly.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-3664450379459168372016-03-11T03:14:42.705-08:002016-03-11T03:14:42.705-08:00There is no discussion of slavery in Lasch's b...There is no discussion of slavery in Lasch's book? I don't even know where to begin. I really don't.<br /><br />You should try to take a deep breath before reading some things, LK. You might get something out of them.TheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-66765206262975661412016-03-11T03:08:49.942-08:002016-03-11T03:08:49.942-08:00Yes. I'm aware of the fact that you prejudge a...Yes. I'm aware of the fact that you prejudge authors based on preconceived opinions you receive second-hand. It stifles engagement. You should really stop.TheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-84760959731824101962016-03-11T03:00:31.498-08:002016-03-11T03:00:31.498-08:00According to a Google books search the word "...According to a Google books search the word "slave" occurs just.. once in the whole book. lol.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-11876507296699918212016-03-11T02:59:20.560-08:002016-03-11T02:59:20.560-08:00On the author Christopher Lasch:
"At this po...On the author Christopher Lasch:<br /><br /><i>"At this point Lasch began to formulate what would become his signature style of social critique - a syncretic synthesis of Freud and the strand of paleoconservative thinking that remained deeply suspicious of capitalism and its effects on traditional institutions."</i><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lasch<br /><br />I see. So he's peddling pseudoscientific Freudian nonsense? I am really inspired to read more. Maybe he has some important things to say, maybe, but I doubt it.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-81409179855612562522016-03-11T02:56:37.503-08:002016-03-11T02:56:37.503-08:00Oh, bullsh*t, Illusionist.
I am not going to read...Oh, bullsh*t, Illusionist.<br /><br />I am not going to read a 251 page book just to get a simple answer to a simple question. In any case, I just looked at the contents page of this book the <i>Culture of Narcissism</i> and I don't even see any discussion of slavery.<br />Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-75875064120145158802016-03-11T02:39:46.273-08:002016-03-11T02:39:46.273-08:00Read closer.Read closer.TheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-89164675247082511902016-03-11T02:02:16.299-08:002016-03-11T02:02:16.299-08:00Does 19th century chattel slavery exist in the US ...Does 19th century chattel slavery exist in the US today or not?Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-28603759279074150022016-03-11T01:41:04.189-08:002016-03-11T01:41:04.189-08:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%E2%80%93slave...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%E2%80%93slave_morality#Slave_morality<br /><br />http://thezeitgeistmovement.se/files/Lasch_Christopher_The_Culture_of_Narcissism.pdfTheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-25383006889117830612016-03-11T01:26:23.165-08:002016-03-11T01:26:23.165-08:00(1) ""US slavery is gone", is false...(1) <i>""US slavery is gone", is false. Done."</i><br /><br />B.S. When I said "US slavery is gone", I of course meant what any sensible person would understand by those words: that slavery where human beings are legally owned by other human beings and exploited is gone. This is a fact. An undeniable fact. <br /><br />Your article refers to a different phenomenon: "forced laborers, forced prostitutes, child soldiers, child brides in forced marriages", even when these people are legally speaking free. I notice you don't respond to the obvious point that forced labour in US prisons is not racist if it includes all races.<br /><br />Even if you want to call that slavery and you accept that questionable definition, it is only 0.02% of the total US population and it is in the Third World where the **vast majority** of this slavery happens. But a regressive left idiot like you won't say a word about India or Africa or Pakistan, will you?<br /><br />(2) finally it is unimportant whether Sarkeesian meant it literally or not. I ALREADY anticipated this:<br /><br /><i>"Whether this is just Sarkeesian’s rhetoric or a throw-away comment, it actually illustrates a deep problem with the modern left."</i><br /><br />So most of the 2nd part of your comment is a waste of time.<br />Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-51372873711271882042016-03-10T22:37:18.915-08:002016-03-10T22:37:18.915-08:00**(J.M)**
This is like talking to a creationist.
Y...**(J.M)**<br />This is like talking to a creationist.<br />You literally just said above: <br /><br />"US slavery is gone".<br /><br />The article says.<br /><br />"The United States, per capita, has a very low rate of slavery: just 0.02 percent, or one in every 5,000 people. But that adds up to a lot: an estimated 60,000 slaves, right here in America."<br /><br />"US slavery is gone", is false. Done.<br /><br />A very low rate of slavery does not mean...slavery is gone. <br />Are you simultaneously arguing with someone else on some MSN account or something, and mixing things up here.<br /><br />"She thinks everything is institutionally racist, sexist etc. and when she points this out everything around her gets annoyed."<br /><br />Do you really think that is the only thing that quote could possibly mean?<br /><br />Just because she is talking about a time in the past which she was annoying, due to the way she saw everything as racist and sexist and homophobic does not mean that is how she sees things at the time she is reflecting on that.<br /><br />I tire of this... but...<br /><br />Try replace some words to see the difference easier (or read more of Chomsky's linguistics, that will help).<br /><br />"when you start learning about medicine everything is risky, everything is a carcinogen, everything is influenza and you have to point it all out to everyone all the time, so there is a good year of my life. " <br /><br />(can you not imagine someone talking about a different time in which they went a bit nutty pointing such things out - that's what she was doing)<br /><br />I'll make this easy.<br />If you believe she thinks everything is sexist, etc.<br />Then I can show that is false by simply showing you that she thinks some things aren't sexist.<br /><br />There you go, there's a video. Done.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXmj2yJNUmQ<br /><br />This is called putting things in perspective and critical thinking.<br /><br />Maybe that is too 'regressive left' of me. I should really go put on my Derrida pyjamas so I feel at peace.<br /><br />I see this is a pointless attempt to get through to you. Your comment section generally involves you insulting people, or reacting intensely to criticism, there's no getting through the concept of subtlety to a mind like that.<br />Fortunately your voice, in this area of study, will not be heard very loudly where it matters - so that is good :)<br />I would love for you to do a public debate on this stuff, or a debate on a public debate website, so that your thinking in this area can (if fallacious) be exposed, or otherwise rise because of its accuracy and rationality.<br /><br />(Feel free to ignore the points I just made, or state that I misrepresented you, or state that I made a claim about how you think Anita Sarkeesian doesn't exist or whatever outlandish claim is best)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-86610486671782105982016-03-10T22:10:48.175-08:002016-03-10T22:10:48.175-08:00The regressive left has a militant unwillingness t...The regressive left has a militant unwillingness to recognise any progress has been made. <br /><br />As she says: *everything* is racist, *everything* is sexist, *everything* is homophobic.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-53960694207376986302016-03-10T22:00:32.380-08:002016-03-10T22:00:32.380-08:00Also, is it “racist” to wear a sombrero or Mexican...Also, is it “racist” to wear a sombrero or Mexican Halloween costume, Anonymous?Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-63263345498750397112016-03-10T21:52:47.197-08:002016-03-10T21:52:47.197-08:00More evidence on so-called US "slavery" ...More evidence on so-called US "slavery" that your article mentions:<br /><br /><i>" less visible but still prevalent form of slavery in America involves illegal migrant laborers who are lured with the promise of work and then manipulated into forced servitude, living without wages or freedom of movement, under constant threat of being turned over to the police should they let up in their work. "</i><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17/this-map-shows-where-the-worlds-30-million-slaves-live-there-are-60000-in-the-u-s/<br /><br />But this is by private criminals, not the government and not society at large. The US government *punishes* this, so you've once again demonstrated the opposite of what you set put to prove. Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-75733661122488949142016-03-10T21:46:08.202-08:002016-03-10T21:46:08.202-08:00(1) No, you are filled with pathological irrationa...(1) No, you are filled with pathological irrationality.<br /><br />Your link:<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17/this-map-shows-where-the-worlds-30-million-slaves-live-there-are-60000-in-the-u-s/<br /><br />First, even accepting its definition of slaves ("forced laborers, forced prostitutes, child soldiers, child brides in forced marriages", actually shows us that West has virtually **no** slaves: it is the Non-Western world in India, Pakistan and Africa where this happens. <br /><br />But all you can do is scream abuse about the US!! You've demonstrated that you can't keep things in perspective.<br /><br />Secondly, making hardened and convicted criminals work in, say, a US prison is not racist slavery, because it applies to **all races** and nobody legally owns them.<br /><br />No doubt it is exploitative, but many people would argue it is simply people being punished for their crimes and paying their debt.<br /><br />Also, you definition of "slavery" includes child soldiers and child brides in forced marriages, and this is almost completely a problem in the Third World and a severe problem there. However, I already *totally* covered this in my post above, because I stressed the need for people to distinguish between the West and non-Western cultures and urged them to put things into perspective. So you've just reinforced my argument. Well done.<br /><br />(2) <i>"How about you bother to actually get the CONTEXT of the clip,"</i><br /><br />What? The context only strengths what I just said. She thinks everything is institutionally racist, sexist etc. and when she points this out everything around her gets annoyed.<br />Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-54396354257514478262016-03-10T21:29:52.203-08:002016-03-10T21:29:52.203-08:00I don't see how your extended quotation shows ...I don't see how your extended quotation shows it is just a joke or not sincere. Her "joke" is that being a SJW and screaming that everything sexist, racist etc. angers people.<br /><br />In any case, I already covered this: <br /><br />"Whether this is just Sarkeesian’s rhetoric or a throw-away comment, it actually illustrates a deep problem with the modern left."Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-57971368896655931912016-03-10T20:46:47.153-08:002016-03-10T20:46:47.153-08:00This vid took Anita Sarkeesian out of context.
The...This vid took Anita Sarkeesian out of context.<br />The snippet is not just that.<br /><br />It is =><br /><br />"I sort of joke about how it was the most liberating thing that ever happen to me and also the most frustrating for everyone around me, because like when you start learning about systems everything is sexist, everything is racist, everything is homophobic and you have to point it all out to everyone all the time, so there is a good year of my life. There is a good year in my life where it was just most obnoxious person to be around."<br /><br />That is very different, she is talking about this in a much more removed manner.<br /><br />You really should've researched that before posting. The guy who has the youtube channel just does very stupid clips that capture people in a 'nutshell', he even has a video called 'Rebecca Watson is a c**t' - that girl that Richard Dawkins more or less apologized (and strangely agreed to provide childcare at future atheist meetings) to after disregarding her comments about feeling objectified at a skeptic's event, by comparing her to someone in a much worse situation then using that to show that her complaints her somehow meaningless.<br /><br />I like your economics talk, but when you talk about this stuff it isn't as thorough nor convincing unfortunately, it is more emotional than objective and full of reason / rationality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com