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My favourite is people dubbing Jordan Peterson over command and Conquer [0]. It is quite funny. There isn't much mystery to Peterson, he didn't became famous f
by roenxi 3y ago
My favourite is people dubbing Jordan Peterson over command and Conquer [0]. It is quite funny.
There isn't much mystery to Peterson, he didn't became famous for his academic credentials and nobody cares much for psychology anyway. And I think the message is pretty simple, or it was the last time I checked, in broad strokes it is just a call for people to keep doing what they're doing.
But the important part here is there is enormous demand for public intellectuals who (1) have something nice to say about white men and (2) have something nice to say about capitalism. The economists say nice things about capitalism, I suppose, but they tend to be boring. Which brings me to my other point... Peterson's style.
Peterson has a similar style to Trump's for similar reasons. Average people don't seem to follow or be persuaded by logical arguments. If the plan is to communicate with them, the effective approach is a weird kind of strobe-ing emotions at them. It is easy to laugh at, but it is also effective so it keeps cropping up.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJmMmq4FSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJmMmq4FSc
- inglor_cz 3y ago[flagged]
- orwin 3y agoMost of the academic world do not. Maybe I do not read enough anglo works. I do read anglo-saxon philosophy, because it's the only culture that takes it seriously, but I avoid linguistics and history (I think the last American historian I've read is Paxton) . Anyway, in Europe and Africa, academics who you think would use the words 'white men' pejoratively the most, historians, do not. It might be different in the US, do you have a book on post-17th century that does it, as an example?
- almatabata 3y ago> enormous demand for public intellectuals who (1) have something nice to say about white men There is a huge demand for public intellectuals to have something nice to say about men. I do not see which part of his message was specifically aimed at white people. What is the problem with saying positive things about men?