from a liberal perspective, doesn't matter if we are arguing with woolly jumper marxists or crazy pomos, both deny reality and ignore facts
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Replying to @CondenserMick
There is a big difference between being wrong and having a philosophical commitment to there being no right or wrong answers.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
that's why relativism and subjectism are (to a point) important; there are shades of grey. but there things that we can say are true
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Replying to @CondenserMick @HPluckrose
but pomo relativism is a tool, not a commitment. How else can they hold the view that they are right? or that (eg) capitalism is bad?
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Replying to @CondenserMick @HPluckrose
I don't think "capitalism is bad" aligns with anything pomo
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Replying to @LifeformBri @CondenserMick
Well, it does. Most of them were against capitalism.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @CondenserMick
But how could such a view be supported by pomo thinking?
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Replying to @LifeformBri @CondenserMick
Because Postmodernism is anti-capitalist. I really don't know what you think postmodernism is.
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It doesn't focus hugely on economic issues but it condemns western culture as capitalist, consumerist, oppressive.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @CondenserMick
I'll look some more but I've yet to find where it is specifically anti-capitalist. With a specific ethical context it could be inferred
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Righto, then.
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