Great article Sam, You nailed it: "The greatest need at the moment is to escape our intellectual stupor, and for this, we are in desperate need of contestation. " The problem is the Left does not want my input or my contest, and it will crucify me if I offer it.
The correct new ideas for the Left are actually the old ideas of the right. T…
Great article Sam, You nailed it: "The greatest need at the moment is to escape our intellectual stupor, and for this, we are in desperate need of contestation. " The problem is the Left does not want my input or my contest, and it will crucify me if I offer it.
The correct new ideas for the Left are actually the old ideas of the right. The problem is indeed metaphysical in that the Left can not and will not concede any ground to those outside its vision of complete individual autonomy free of all social constraints. Constraints that is, aside from the forms of civility that it has inherited from Christian virtues. They were only thwarted when cancel culture made enough of a stir for everyone, to be called out... something about Red China Blues, I think...).
I'm afraid Kamila and team, while moderating so much, have not shirked defund the police and the sexuality land-grab enough to achieve a win. The saddest part is they won't learn the lesson, even the hard way.
The only appropriate response to this is probably to re-educate ourselves on the nature of the good citizen. It would be a generational revolution, which yes, is necessary in all human society. Deserves a podcast, I think!
Great article Sam, You nailed it: "The greatest need at the moment is to escape our intellectual stupor, and for this, we are in desperate need of contestation. " The problem is the Left does not want my input or my contest, and it will crucify me if I offer it.
The correct new ideas for the Left are actually the old ideas of the right. The problem is indeed metaphysical in that the Left can not and will not concede any ground to those outside its vision of complete individual autonomy free of all social constraints. Constraints that is, aside from the forms of civility that it has inherited from Christian virtues. They were only thwarted when cancel culture made enough of a stir for everyone, to be called out... something about Red China Blues, I think...).
I'm afraid Kamila and team, while moderating so much, have not shirked defund the police and the sexuality land-grab enough to achieve a win. The saddest part is they won't learn the lesson, even the hard way.
The only appropriate response to this is probably to re-educate ourselves on the nature of the good citizen. It would be a generational revolution, which yes, is necessary in all human society. Deserves a podcast, I think!