In conversations I've had with people (both online and offline) I've been put in the position, sometimes, of apparently defending the guy. I've also, on different occasions, been put in the position of criticizing him pretty strongly. It looks contradictory maybe so time to talk.
Our culture seems to be stuck in a dead end now though and maybe the nihilistic streak of PoMo is really partially responsible here. It really has failed to build a new foundation in the gap left by the fallout of the 20C violent conclusion to Modernism.
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Peterson's tradcon politics has given him a blindspot where he has failed to fully come to terms with the new epoch we're moving in to: technological mediation, global networking, dissolution of national culture, the rise of rhizome culture. He's pre-internet and it shows.
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That's not a reason to dismiss him as a charlatan. I think it's quite worthwhile to understand what happened in 20C, to not become ahistorical and risk repeating the tragedies of our recent past. Peterson's examination of the psychology of totalitarianism is worth listening to.
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Peterson also has a much better message for alienated and disaffected young people (and young men especially) than the alternatives. Would you rather Peterson told them to "clean their rooms" or would you rather they become NazBol proto-totalitarians? Yeah, I thought so.
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Seriously, don't throw shade on the guy who specializes in directing young men AWAY from violent totalitarian movements. Every ignorant knee-jerk leftist who conflates Peterson's tradcon-ism with "alt right neo-nazism" is making a terrible and tragic mistake. He's the opposite.
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If you've stayed with me this far, thanks for reading. Concluding words: get over your tribal political commitments and listen to the man with an open mind. He has something important to say.
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