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An ideology that refuses to protect you from violence, but then displays that it still has the power to prosecute and destroy you for protecting *yourself* from violence, exposes exactly what it is, and what it intends for you
Doctor-Baron 17cShyteposter, DDS (@17cShyteposter)
"We must remove the stigma of __" always precedes something that we very much need to keep stigmatizing (In this case literally being a murderer)
Doctor-Baron 17cShyteposter, DDS (@17cShyteposter)
The bind that liberalism has put itself in is very simple. It promises a level playing field, but when you actually play the game, it keeps resulting in unequal outcomes between different groups "Reasonable people" should conclude that something is fundamentally wrong with it Wokeness buys liberalism's basic promise—all groups are equal in ability, and we will treat them fairly—then watches as the system keeps spitting out "unfair" disparities From this perspective, it is perfectly reasonable and logical to then say "Well this system is just a lie" There's no escape hatch here. If you're a liberal, and you keep seeing big disparities in outcome between races or genders or etc, logic insists you should become Woke to correct this You're only quibbling about the best Woke policies. Not that Wokeness is itself wrong The only alternative aside from Wokeness is to reject the core premise that all groups are equal And if you're willing to do that, to say "All right, but what if we did *racist and sexist* liberalism" Then congratulations, you're 80% of the way to reinventing neoreaction, James
Doctor-Baron 17cShyteposter, DDS (@17cShyteposter)
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Since we see the exact same outcome on education—that no further interventions matter at this point, it's all a gigantic waste of money, and no amount of actual science will convince anyone otherwise—it seems reasonable to conclude that our health Science! is equally worthless The regime's recommendations on "health" might well be even worse, frankly, because we at least have decent research on IQ, education, etc, even if no one wants to listen to it I'm not at all convinced there's any remotely strong science on what "health" means at this point
Doctor-Baron 17cShyteposter, DDS (@17cShyteposter)
“Trying to predict exactly where the chaos will settle on a new point of stability is literally ridiculous, but I do think we're pretty much at the end of liberalism. One way or another, it's going to recohere on something past it. It's run its course, grasping for something new”
lmao. This is why @Tinkzorg is one of my most favorite recent follows
It's no coincidence that Jurassic Park as explained here "got it," because Michael Crichton "got it," that's how Crichton coined the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect, the original "fake news"
https://tinkzorg.wordpress.com/2021/10/20/welcome-to-jurassic-park/
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The ruling order—described in this piece as the guy automating the electric fences to keep the dinosaurs out—is increasingly unable to sustain those once-electric fences
It won't allow a "Trump" etc to repair them, either. That's why I think we're inevitably headed towards chaos
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Trying to predict exactly where the chaos will settle on a new point of stability is literally ridiculous, but I do think we're pretty much at the end of liberalism. One way or another, it's going to recohere on something past it. It's run its course, grasping for something new
This is the Big Fat Skeleton Key to understanding nearly everything around us. This culture's basic ideological framework is that everything that exists is a result of nurture and environment (including "socio-economic status") In practice, it turns out to mean almost nothing. This is shocking and upsetting in many ways, because a culture that promises everything is the result of nurture means that you can always wildly improve your lot in life—and especially your children's—by adhering to the scientifically-approved nurture, environment, and policies But the fact is we're all limited, in many ways, and to an immense variance between us all, from the moment we are conceived Yet I find this immensely liberating, in the *real* sense of the word. For it relieves everyone of being in constant competition with everyone, for life If you believe that everything is nurture/environment, then you have to be immersed in—or providing—the best possible environment *for your entire existence.* Or else you, or your kids, are being left behind. As everyone else races ahead If, though, your life, and those of your kids, is going to largely be the result of your nature, or their nature, Then the key is simply understanding what your specific nature is. Or the specific nature of your kids. And exploring *that*, as well as you can. That is actual freedom. You're no longer in a false competition with the entire world (which is insane, and the undeniable root of almost all modern neuroses and anxieties) You're only in competition with what you were born with, and how to work with it to most fulfill it
Doctor-Baron 17cShyteposter, DDS (@17cShyteposter)
