It's also become clearer to me why people tend to intuitively (whether maliciously or otherwise) categorize Peterson as "far right" or some other brand of conservative, despite his relatively clear (classical) liberal principles, and beyond his surface level religiousness.
We are probably adapted to religion, in part because our ancestors had a habit of genociding other tribes and thus replacing the godless population. But Peterson is probably not correct that religion is the only or even the best tool to sustainably organize a scalable society.
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That makes a lot of sense. You're right, I also think that Peterson is wrong when it comes to whether or not religious organization is the best tool.
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But he is right in observing that the West is romantic; that even most of our atheists are driven by a need for higher meaning, and that the Western ideals are based on the sense of purpose once created by religion. (China is not romantic, for instance.)
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