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I like ContraPoints, but... > You have to go to YouTube for the > real entertainment, and also, frankly, for the > real debate. My take is that

I like ContraPoints, but... > You have to go to YouTube for the > real entertainment, and also, frankly, for the > real debate. My take is that academics came to consensus on some debates, and moved on. If it's a far left consensus, well, they're the experts. History shows us we should be wary about pressuring academia to conform to popular opinion (astronomy and Catholicism, academia and Nazism, academia and the USSR) We could as easily apply her complaint to Science; the "real entertainment" and "real debate" about whether Earth is flat also happens on Youtube.

drewcoo 6y ago
I don't think that ContraPoints of all people meant hard right reactionaries when she wrote about real debates on YouTube. Now where can I find this far left consensus? The closest I've been able to find is a soft left toothless socialism, the tepid centrism of FDR cheerleaders, and the soft right wing stance of the modern liberal, seeking a more inclusive-looking, more profitable status quo. I'd love to find like-minded leftists!
- uniqueid 6y ago
  > where can I find this far left consensus? Most academics today are opposed to racism, classism and fascism. Those positions, which were up for debate not a century ago, are essentially first principles now (outside of social media).