it sucks when he makes coherent responses.
this is why the debates won't happen this year![]()
If he just acted like that all the time, and on Twitter, he would do himself a great service, and with Biden as the alternative......the country.
Boy, she was working hard to get him to take that bait over the confederate flag.
That’s the main reason the media completely sucks, one sided opinionated agenda driven assholes.
CNN. FOX. they're all the same.
indeed.
that's why the destruction of critical thinking is so tragic.
FCC fairness rule
decline of education
its no wonder MSM is so effective.
indeed.
that's why the destruction of critical thinking is so tragic.
You need to watch the youtube series "the war on sensemaking" it's a few hour long lecture, but it goes over this. It's some HEAVY stuff, meaning alot of human sense making theory over time and you will need a dictionary handy and watch it sober. It's way above the heads of most people, not meaning that in a diragatory way, but it's interesting if you WANT to learn about it and have a good thought session. They go over how humans have externalized critical thought over time and how dangerous that is on a human kind scale, not just a political scale.
to add to that, i think "one child nation" on amazon is an excellent documentary regarding intense propaganda
I was looking at that, I'll have to check it out.
Oh that youtube video I was telling you about is on a channel called Rebel Wisdom. Tons of great speakers and topics, it's like being in a college class again and exercises the brain, in a good way not SJW bullshit modern college lol.
You need to watch the youtube series "the war on sensemaking" it's a few hour long lecture, but it goes over this. It's some HEAVY stuff, meaning alot of human sense making theory over time and you will need a dictionary handy and watch it sober. It's way above the heads of most people, not meaning that in a diragatory way, but it's interesting if you WANT to learn about it and have a good thought session. They go over how humans have externalized critical thought over time and how dangerous that is on a human kind scale, not just a political scale.
alright, that guy ends with his world view desire being global collectivism and his human body examples are half thought and poorly done. I fully accept and understand that individualism and cooperation that form the basis for capitalism isn't without it's flaws and failures, but those failures are far superior to the failures of collectivism, as witnessed repeatedly through history. He makes several points talking about seeking understanding of other opinions, and then gives a big WTF for how christians could pervade a religion build on forgiveness to ramp up some crusades...well, there is a shiton more to it than that. his nuanced positional goal falls flat in many aspects. Concerning the body, not just with the appearance of cancer cells and mutation errors, the body will actively consume and kill certain parts when stressed. the organs are in competition. naturally stressed, several will shut down to preserve the few, and at the demand of the fewSure, does that mean that ultimately "the body" might survive longer? well yeah, but that is because we don't view a kidney or leg as equal to a brain. Do we think the same of people? Yes. Collectivists regularly have cleansed and removed whole segments of populations so that "the brain" or "the body" can survive 🤣
oh, i mean, if things aren't stressed then life is all hunky dory, but that is valid across all systems. He initially is pretty dismissive of libertarianism/freedom as "utopia fantasy" stuff but then gets into his whole ideal rational world view as if his version of enlightened collectivism is in any way more valid? it is equally fantasy but with a lower likelyhood of success. it is a notion that eschews the good enough to better for the prefect and ideal.
of course he would dismiss me as being somebody who simply isn't open minded and stuck in my pre-set mentality bias and that is certainly true to a point. To his much earlier points about always needed to dig in to the source documents and take as wholistic view of science/media/narrative as possible, the backing does exist to support that notion. individualism and cooperation outperform collectivism and coercion in every way, excepting only generalized outcome equality. Because outcome equality is a shit poor metric, that doesn't hold any weight.
that said, critical thinking is in dire need. nobody should expect to not look into the whole of a position being offered to them for things they care about or find interesting.
Hahaha never said I agree with everything, but it gets the brain going. If you listen to his sit down interview with Eric weinstein on his podcast the portal, eric pushes back on him on alot of stuff and he explains it a bit more. It's like way heady stuff that suggests people move past the social constructs we have now and evolve. It's just as utopian as an anarcho capitalist society actually functioning like my utopian dream, but it gets you thinking. I dont know where you got coercion from in all that, maybe some bias is poking through.;).
I'm one of these oddballs that likes hearing intellectuals (actual ones) make their case that challenge my beliefs. I really enjoy listening to Bret and Eric Weinstein talk, even thought I barely agree with them on alot of issues, but they make some good points. I lump this dude in with this as well. It's a good alternative to the bullshit thrown at us day in and day out at a 4th grade level from the MSM and social media.
oh for sure, i just didn't see any point in posting it as a comment on the youtube video, but still wanted to respond
same goes for the "one child" documentary, it is world class in it's presentation for propaganda, but i don't think it even realizes how fully it goes and get's distracted by some other things.
the coercion is a must in collectivism just like cooperation is a must in individualism. it is inescapable. To use his body example, the liver doesn't choose to shut itself down during starvation, the brain makes that call to save itself.
coercion is the "quiet" part that nobody wants to acknowledge, anybody that doesn't support that, doesn't support collectivism. Voluntary collectivism can only work on a micro scale, and is simply deep cooperation of individuals.
i'll listen to the other two series later on as well. anybody that can make a semi-rational thought is worthwhile as far as i'm concerned. Hell, i've been watching the fucking commies in Seattle on live stream for the last month anyways![]()
Yea you need a brain purge after watching that CHOP live feed LOL!! I agree collectivism only works at a super small level, you couldnt scale it up, coercion free, unless we massively evolve as a species IMO. Unfortunately we are devolving.... I cant remember if he talked about it here or somewhere else, but I think we are getting way too bombarded with information and mentally cant cope with it, hence everything seemingly going down a spiral. I think we just mentally cant cope and comprehend the ammount of data coming in, and to make it worse you have algorithms fucking with and distorting ones reality. Crazy times in the human experience.
Most people have a massive capacity for information, but there are so many divergent individuals that there has never and will never be mass introspection. fun times, i'm really enjoying it
there really is easier and more information out there today than ever before, still a general void in bias investigation, as he rightly notes, that perpetuates ignorance and ease of acceptance of 'whatever' driven viewpoints without further thought. but for anybody willing to do some digging? hell yeah![]()
and yet people lap that shit up.
hell i've had multi-post discussions with people even on this board about the absurdity of the lies of the media, facemasks and covid and such. it's insane.
the easiest sign that something shitty is afoot is if all the main streams of media are parroting the same line. anything they try to sell you that hard pretty much means it should be dismissed outright, no further thought required.
Have you always had a victim mentality? When did it start... childhood? Or later?