One message I can appreciate is when he speaks to young men and tells them that it is the taking of responsibility that gives meaning to adult life. This is an incredibly powerful message and runs counter to corporate and other nonsensical memes concerning the pursuit of self- (fill in the blank) as the end-all and be-all that predominate our culture. — synthesis
Do you consider yourself more responsible for people/problems in your own community as opposed to ones half way around the world? Do you owe more to your family or friends than complete strangers? — BitconnectCarlos
It’s a joke, idiot. Keep your panties dry. — NOS4A2
Damn. 4000 died of covid on Biden’s first day. That’s more than 911. — NOS4A2
There no political and cultural unity, nor unity concerning social policy etc.. — ChatteringMonkey
I'd say the most important difference is that the EU lacks foreign policy and military competences, and an executive power that can represent the EU in these matters... as such it doesn't really have agency as a state would have vis a vis the rest of the world. — ChatteringMonkey
Peterson is talking to young revolutionaries — BitconnectCarlos
Of course there's a responsibility to others. But how does it work, exactly? Are you responsible for a child in sub-saharan African? How about responsibility for the homeless in your town or region? Or are you more responsible for, say, a family member or a friend than a distant stranger? There's circles of responsibility, do you agree? Or are we equally responsible for everyone? — BitconnectCarlos
But then again, perhaps that's the whole point, and JP and right-wingers know that they are misrepresenting the other side, but they do so deliberately, as a debate tactic, a la Die Kunst, immer Recht zu behalten. — baker
The aforementioned point about self-mastery can viewed as an attack or Marxism or not. I don't really care. It can be viewed on its own too, and I think it's good advice regardless of whether it's "really" an attack on Marxism or not. — BitconnectCarlos
You have to admit there's a lot of extremely non-self reflective people out there pushing for vast social changes when they're essentially incapable of doing basic life tasks or establishing an inkling of self-mastery — BitconnectCarlos
This isn't me calling them poor; regardless of money some people are just complete messes and if they ever were in a position to make that change I think it would be insane to trust them to do a good job at it when everything else in their life is a complete mess. I don't care how well they understand Marx or various left-wing thinkers. — BitconnectCarlos
Just try to be mindful of what you're implying when you write. — BitconnectCarlos
A lot of his points aren't actually about Marxism. — BitconnectCarlos
So you're saying he's not reaching out to them from an intellectual/philosophical angle to make them less racist or misogynistic, so you are effectively calling him a racist or indifferent to racism. — BitconnectCarlos
I don't like the alt-right, I really despise their ideology and reject it as strongly as you do
— Judaka
Umm, are you kidding me? If I can't avoid this comment when I literally condemn the alt-right in the last comment, then it's a lost cause. You really are hopeless. — Judaka
You don't need to. Simply quote an example of my suspected intersectional feminism so that I and others understand what you're talking about.
— Kenosha Kid
I'm sure they can get the idea by what I listed. — Judaka
When communists accuse others of a coup, they are preparing one — Banjo
That you're far left, I'm certain, that you're an ideologue following intersectional feminism, I mean, it wouldn't be too hard to make a case for it but it's rarely easy to ever know 100%. — Judaka
Peterson did not just say that intersectional feminism is bad because "Marxism" but I do think it's fair to say that he did use Marxism as a boogeyman — Judaka
Do you realize that it sounds like you live in a stupid fantasy world of common low-IQ delusions? — VagabondSpectre
Do you really think that if Biden really had as many voters as he said he did, all of them, even protected by thousands of soldiers, would refuse to go to the ceremony of inauguration of their idol? — Banjo
Ok so JBP's goal is actually to make everybody more racist and sexist, ok got it. — BitconnectCarlos
JP is probably responsible for a lot of the extremely low-quality political raving you see on here — Kenosha Kid
However, his criticisms of the far left, and your ideology, seem spot on to me. It has nothing to do with the alt-right and if they also dislike the far left, that's about the only similarity they share with Peterson, they share it with me too but it means nothing. — Judaka
How is the EU devolved? — baker
Foucault suggests to engage in Parresia a type of courageous talk, which forms part of techniques of self-discipline offered by the Stoics and Romans as a way to resist the order of things and live a more rewarding life, independent of institutional coercion. I just wanted to reach out to everyone with similar interests and see if we can spark a small discussion. — Giorgi
Are you trying to suggest that a large percentage of JP's base was alt-right? If so, do you have any evidence for this and if not, why are you talking about the alt-right as though it plays a huge role in JP's success? — Judaka
[M]an is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creatures is born.
An interesting new trend where everything that one doesn't like is branded as "anti-Semitic". — Tzeentch
I've seen a few of Jordan Peterson's videos. He speaks very well, and I agree with much of what he says. — counterpunch
Folks, it is time to shun nos4. If you agree, no more replies to nos4 anywhere. — tim wood
By that same token, though, isn't trying Donald Trump for treason kind of excessive? He's been made enough of an example of already. — thewonder
What crimes? — NOS4A2
I tend to be just as careful as I can possibly be but not to a ridiculous extent, and as far as I know I have not had the virus and I was having to travel on busses to work daily in the first couple of months of the virus. — Jack Cummins
The only thing which I would query is 'an ethics' because that sounds a bit too fixed, as if it may be prescriptive rather than dialogue about ethical issues. — Jack Cummins
I think that it is far too early to say that the scientific response to the pandemic has been good. — Jack Cummins
So, this does raise questions about whether the transmission is really human to human, or more. — Jack Cummins
Certainly, let us hope that the disaster has woken us up to the whole threat of disasters. But, of course it is not the first. There have been earthquakes, terrorist attacks, the Grenfell tower fire in London, and many more. Unfortunately, it seems that thinking often occurs in the aftermath. — Jack Cummins
What will the hysterical masses do without the winds of Trump directing their moral weathervane? — NOS4A2
Fake news, the crowed was HUGE. No ones ever seen a farewell crowd so massive. — praxis
When the ex-president's farewell attracts more audiences than the inauguration of his successor, it is impossible to fail to realize that the result of the election is somewhat doubtful. — Banjo
Of course, when we are in difficult circumstances we draw upon all philosophies, but I am wondering about how may we construct a philosophy for disasters? — Jack Cummins