Karl Marx?

Who do you think is the best thinker and proponent of Materialism?

It surely isn't Karl Marx

Wish I knew what you guys were talking about

Social Constructivism and Essentialism

I'm not a materialist nor constructivist in the sense much of the rest of these are

I'm a dialectical materialist

I start from a basis of dialectical materialism and work from there

Yeah never learned that in school lol

have no idea what that is

Ok, so why do you think "race realism" is untrue. Lets do this in a dialectical way.

Because largely it's post-hawk conclusions

What do you mean by post-hoc?

I do not think black people for example are any more inclined to commit crime naturally than white people for example. I do not think they are the same, obviously differences exist, but we have much reason to think it's environmental

Sorry post hoc

"I do not think they are the same, obviously differences exist, but we have much reason to think it's environmental"

Do you think a particular group of people can be genetically predisposed to aggression?

still a better train of thought than that of a liberal's

Well primarily people say, "aha see a large amount of crime exists in these communities, this confirms my suspicions." I think this is unquestionably a post-hoc rationalization

Most people would say it's purely environmental, 100%

You are comparing what normal people say to academic studies

No I don't think they are genetically predisposed to agression any more than any other race

but you just said some differences exist

Do you think tendency to be aggressive can be acquired genetically?

Can small differences not be exacerbated with time?

and distance?

I think it's largely learned

Wouldnt even say, something obvious, access to technology

not affect the gene pool

But some of it is genetic?

like if one population lives with less access to it

If there is a genetic factor, it's secondary to the social factor

why can't the social factor affect the genetic factor

It could

There is no such thing as secondary there. Genes express themselves in an environment

Sure

I agree with that

So, what is the problem then? It is just a matter of degree.

Not of principle

Well that's kind of the thing

There’s a stereotype saying black people commit more crimes