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Ayn Rand is a great critic of Stalinism, which was her formative experience. The current woke culture in the West is somewhere between the Stalinist show trials
by thrown_22 4y ago
Ayn Rand is a great critic of Stalinism, which was her formative experience. The current woke culture in the West is somewhere between the Stalinist show trials and the Maoist struggle sessions. That the majority of people don't see that insanity outside of twitter and their local HR department doesn't mean it's not a problem. Especially since 10 years ago it was just something that happened in humanities departments in universities.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago> The current woke culture in the West is somewhere between the Stalinist show trials and the Maoist struggle sessions. Not yet. There's not as much murder yet. There are certianly parallels though. Kafka-trapping is mainstream; if you deny a political charge brought against you, that denial is seen as further evidence of your guilt. If you deny you're an -ist, that 'proves' you're so thoroughly -ist that you can't even perceive it about yourself. Remember, HR has never been your friend. Even in the purest form of HR uninfected with politics, HR exist to protect the company from the workers. But as you have observed, HR are now becoming political officers charged with enforcing correct political thought.
- thrown_22 4y ago