Lol, all these 'ists' and 'isms'. People are so caught up labeling themselves that the very progress fought for just keeps getting pushed to the right in this, 'my system is better than yours' waste of time. Humbly, from Afghanistan...stop wasting time and get to work together.
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Don't forget libertarian -- the only constrained and predictable one -- the others have become too malleable toward whatever people or politicians want them to be.
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Cults are always "constrained and predictable". People who accept objective reality necessarily appear wishy-washy because their ultimate purpose isn't the defense of dogma but rather expedient solutions to problems.
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Expedient is the right word, as in selling out on principles. And I am in Canada, where Prof. Pinker was born, and here the current Liberal govt has demonstrated that amply, in breaking an ironclad promise to replace our current voting system and now nationalized a pipeline.
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Fortunately, more Canadians, particularly younger, have seen through this govt, in particular, which has been challenging, because the Prime Minister has operated under completely false pretenses of being some committed "progressive" and a man of the people.
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Jordan Peterson has done a particularly good and prominent job at exposing our PM as a phony. And beyond that, you don't seem to appreciate the diversity and bounded flexibility of libertarian thought with your implicit derision of it being cult-like.
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The paradoxical phrase "bounded flexibility" strikes me as the sort of thing a cult member would say. Peterson is a bigot who believes "facts are not necessarily true" and truth is true if it "serves" mankind. His argument are only persuasive if you're susceptible to sophistry.
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I idenitity as capitalist when rich and socialist when poor.
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Liberal & progressive aren't exclusive, either. They're different dimensions. You can be a progressive liberal. In fact, Steven, I'm pretty sure you're a progressive-leaning liberal yourself. It's the authoritarians we have to watch out for more than prog-libs or classical-libs.
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Liberal = tolerant "Progressive" = intolerant
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Oh my, yet another “but muh Hillary!" article again.
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I like that you and
@jordanbpeterson acknowledged the rise in Libertarians in your interview. That message resonates with a lot of people.@RonPaul was my fist introduction to the concept in the early 2000’sThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I see a trend of sly identification as "liberal" by people who are really libertarians. "But I'm a liberal" seems to be a form of camouflage, a way to disarm the opponent, where the qualifier "classical" is conveniently "forgotten". Dave Rubin tried to make a career out of this.
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Attempting to separate liberalism from "identity politics" is nothing but a new spin. Liberals have always addressed the relative status of some groups, because our culture heaps special deprecation on some groups. Ignoring that is irrational. Why on earth should we?
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Drunk college students in their early 20s, apparently.
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Good stuff. One minor point, the use of populist as a pejorative is at least dysfunctional, at worst provocative. in today's news it is used to describe both the Left and the Right in Italy. Deterioration of definition. Excellent window into retro thinking though.
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Unfortunately, that's the entire concept of this article. It's framing the center as the 'rational ones', while people calling themselves 'progressive' is just done with nefarious intent. Hence, why they quoted Bernie, as if somehow, he was being dishonest in his FDR quote.
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