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What would you define as alt-right? I don't find it to be a particularly useful distinction, but I'm wondering what you would choose as delineating.
Authoritarian/fascist political ideology along with claims of racial/ethnic superiority, and conspiracy theory / truther movement involvement.
Id say he tics the first and third, from what little I know of him. I don't know his views on race. He's fairly authoritarian, and "cultural marxism," which he talks about relentlessly, or at least enough that I've come across it, is basically a conspiracy dogwhistle.
Authoritarian/fascist political ideology along with claims of racial/ethnic superiority, and conspiracy theory / truther movement involvement.
Id say he tics the first and third, from what little I know of him. I don't know his views on race. He's fairly authoritarian, and "cultural marxism," which he talks about relentlessly, or at least enough that I've come across it, is basically a conspiracy dogwhistle.
Peterson describes himself as a classical liberal. He relentlessly criticizes the right-wing authoritarian governments throughout history. And what he refers to as cultural marxism is pretty much just post-modernism in a social context. It’s your average college campus post-2014
Post by piggy pablo on Mar 7, 2021 14:36:25 GMT -5
Because it came long after Marx and has nothing to do with his writings, which are broadly contradictory with premises of postmodernism, because Marx's analysis is based in materialism.
My understanding of post-modernism is French intellectuals in the 60s coming up with a sort of relativist interpretation of literature/art, in a way saying that all interpretations are valid. Then that idea enters American universities via literature departments and then starts bleeding over to the social sciences.
It has nothing to do with economic policy or means of production or anything.
Economics is a social science, and comparative analysis is inherently a mode of understanding in social sciences, because experimentation is difficult and in some cases impossible in fields like history, economics, sociology, etc. That isn't informed by the art movement that is postmodernism, which is more directly a metaphysical and philosophical exploration of the human mind and art. "Social postmodernism" is about as meaningless as "cultural Marxism". Peterson throws these terms around as though he has some greater understanding of social theory than everyone else, but they're really just buzzwords, and he doesn't know what he's talking about. It's all in an effort to scare mostly White men about whatever is going on in college campuses among the intellectual elite, which is in reality, for the great majority, actually reinforcing of capitalist ideas.
Post by piggy pablo on Mar 7, 2021 15:51:04 GMT -5
Peterson:
Order and chaos are the yang and yin of the famous Taoist symbol: two serpents, head to tail. Order is the white, masculine serpent; Chaos, its black, feminine counterpart. The black dot in the white—and the white in the black—indicate the possibility of transformation: just when things seem secure, the unknown can loom, unexpectedly and large. Conversely, just when everything seems lost, new order can emerge from catastrophe and chaos.
Interesting thing to focus on as a non-authoritatian, non-White supremacist.
My understanding of post-modernism is French intellectuals in the 60s coming up with a sort of relativist interpretation of literature/art, in a way saying that all interpretations are valid. Then that idea enters American universities via literature departments and then starts bleeding over to the social sciences.
Well, you sound like you understand it about as well as Peterson. Good job.
BTW, you might want to study the history of the antisemitic conspiracy theory "cultural Marxism" and spend some time thinking about why a stupid motherfucker like Peterson has dedicated so much energy to pushing it into the mainstream. I don't have a theory on it myself. I honestly think he might just be too lazy to understand it's roots. It fits with his typical half-assed attempt at understanding the concepts he drones on about.
Oh I am about to get into facebook fights over this Pepe thing. Like if you think that isn't rape culture, please go watch all those episodes again and then answer me these questions honestly:
1. You think it is ok to grab and kiss on women without permission? 2. You think it is ok to make that woman not even able to speak in the role to continue the "gag" of the chase? 3. Do you think it is actually acceptable to do the things he does in the cartoon in real life?
