The hard and far right just call everything to their left “Cultural Marxism”, so Peterson does the same thing.
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This really is the crux, isn't it? Peterson's interpretation of anything left is "radical" by the time you've passed neoliberal economic policy, interventionist foreign policy or right-leaning Democrat social policy.
Meanwhile he calls Ben Shapiro, Molyneux et al. "reasonable".
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Again, you bring up Molyneux. JBP's new definition for beyond acceptability on the right is notions of racial superiority.
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Read anything his buddy Shapiro has to say on Palestinians.
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I have no doubt Israeli policy is slow genocide for the Palestinians, including grinding them into desperation so as to make them seem less reasonable.
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This study found that poor farmers' IQ temporarily falls by 13 points when income is low before harvest time, even after controlling for nutrition, work effort, etc.
That suggests cognitive performance is situational, and poverty is a huge factor.
pbs.org/newshour/econo
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Point being, Shapiro is an unrepentant Jewish supremacist easily as far right as Molyneux, though he pretends harder not to be.
And he's Peterson's personal friend and political ally (the latter being more important). Peterson may claim to draw a line. I don't think he does.
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He draws a line at overt Nazis. Which shows to go you that he does not understand this game.
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If the fascists really do win, Peterson will die in the second or third round of purges.
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Nah, I think he would be saved much like Wittgenstein. Too difficult to off him quietly. Problematic optics.
Unless you mean globally, in which case, yeah...
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He'll eventually burn out. I hope he returns to more academic lectures on a higher intellectual plane & has time to parse such issues as brought up here.
He's mentioned that in prep for upcoming debate w/Sam Harris, he's read *all* Harris's books. I wish I had that fortitude.
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I am not sure if this fills me with disgust, respect or both.