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Although I suspect it is true that we live in a deeply oppressive time that neither produces or tolerates ideas different from the liberal consensus, I find thi
by wrnr 6y ago
Although I suspect it is true that we live in a deeply oppressive time that neither produces or tolerates ideas different from the liberal consensus, I find this argument and the frequency with which it is made to be part of this insufferable intellectual monoculture.
Did you learn anything new after reading this article? Where have you read the same argument? Is it even true that a 100 years ago there was more diversity of ideas? How would you even measure such a thing?
The best I can tell you is to stop thinking the old ideas if you want room for new ideas.
- techdragon 6y agoAs someone sympathetic to the argument I found it useful since it summed up what felt odd to about modern socio-philosophy. I can use this as a springboard to look deeper and more constructively into the highlighted events. Too often these kinds of articles are simply a smokescreen for an underlying argument that is essentially a clever version of “left wing liberals are stealing your freedom”... and this wasn’t. Which is fantastic, because as an eclectic political centrist I can’t have meaningful discussion with either end of the any particular political axis as they tend to devolve into gibbering furby dolls parroting the talking points of their politicians of choice... for society to progress this has to end.