Something is leading to my being relentlessly exposed to these ideas: Meritocracy and individualism are far-right ideas. Licensed racial violence and censorship are moderate-left ideas. If those are our norms, then I have common cause with the far-right. Am I mistaken?
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My approach to mimetic hygiene is immunological- I give enough space in my head to allow me to fight more virulent and damaging versions.
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Additionally, I can exploit other people's critical faculties and outsource my minds immune system. Thank you all for allowing me to exploit you.
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individualism is the basis of liberal democracy and pluralistic, tolerant societies. it's worth fighting to preserve. meritocracy is a shitty label for a complicated idea that identifies a fundamental truth: we are not all equals, some outperform others at specific tasks.
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in liberal democracy equality is a legal fiction meant to equalize us before the law, so government will be more fair (optimistically). it is a tragic mistake to think that equality is a doctrine of total sameness and lack of difference between individuals. we are not the same.
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