Message from @Sorghagtani Beki

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2017-05-30 01:02:56 UTC  

im gonna break down one more complete trainwreck passage from this book

2017-05-30 01:03:02 UTC  

There's basically infinite numbers of potential ideologies and
world-views, but they all belong to one of two categories, which
are polar opposites and totally irreconcilable. Those two categories
are modernism (often called materialism) and traditionalism
(often called idealism). In modernism, the highest good is to be
comfortable and safe, while avoiding pain and danger. Everything
is good or bad according to that criteria. In traditionalism, the
highest good is truth and the rejection of falsehoods. Everything is
good or bad according to that criteria.
It's very important to note that for modernists, ideas, values and
theories are tools to be used to attain material ends. Those things
have no inherent value in themselves. If truth is in the way of
feeling good, then truth must go. Inversely, for traditionalism, it
is material conditions and possessions that are considered tools -
used for the purpose of attaining and upholding truth. If comfort
and safety are in the way of truth, those things must be sacrificed.

2017-05-30 01:03:46 UTC  

how can there be infinite ideologies and worldviews but they only fall into two distinct ideologies

2017-05-30 01:04:08 UTC  

materialism and idealism are not irreconcilable this is such a fucking bad take kant resolved this 200 years ago

2017-05-30 01:04:17 UTC  

modernism /= materialism

2017-05-30 01:04:27 UTC  

idealism /= traditionalism

2017-05-30 01:05:12 UTC  

materialism and idealism are well-founded terms in philosophy with rich traditions, this writer feels he can just make up what they mean

2017-05-30 01:06:00 UTC  

he then defines a strawman-modernism which strawmans his already flawed definition of materialism

2017-05-30 01:06:32 UTC  

he defines his own ideology "traditionalism" as truth, tautologically making whatever his worldview is 'truth' and whatever opposes it 'false'

2017-05-30 01:08:31 UTC  

he further strawmans his fake-modernism

2017-05-30 01:08:43 UTC  

and scene~

2017-05-30 01:09:41 UTC  

the sheer dogmatism is staggering

2017-05-30 01:09:48 UTC  

there is no actual content to any of this

2017-05-30 01:11:52 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/308950154222895104/318919408909287433/6db1074147416072d44e46262e05e9e7.jpg

2017-05-30 01:15:02 UTC  

Me = Good, You = Bad.

2017-05-30 01:39:20 UTC  

lmfao

2017-05-30 01:39:24 UTC  

good summary there

2017-05-30 01:55:23 UTC  

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2017-05-30 01:57:17 UTC  

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2017-05-30 02:02:09 UTC  

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2017-05-30 02:04:36 UTC  

Hello!

2017-05-30 02:04:44 UTC  

Remember to vote Macron next election!

2017-05-30 02:04:46 UTC  

😃

2017-05-30 02:05:32 UTC  

@Firefly Are you ready to vote for Macron?

2017-05-30 02:06:32 UTC  

@Sorghagtani Beki only if his wife sucks my d. personally.

2017-05-30 02:07:15 UTC  

Macron is the best option for the future of France!

2017-05-30 02:08:33 UTC  

@Sorghagtani Beki professionalism of his wife is to be verified

2017-05-30 02:08:54 UTC  

@Firefly Why insult sexual fetishes, comrade?

2017-05-30 02:09:22 UTC  

Comrade Macron is the future of France!

2017-05-30 02:09:52 UTC  

What a great man!

2017-05-30 02:11:37 UTC  

Macron will fight against continued austerity hard-lining in Greece!

2017-05-30 02:12:07 UTC  

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2017-05-30 02:12:32 UTC  

All of those companies provide very delicious food!

2017-05-30 02:12:37 UTC  

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2017-05-30 02:12:56 UTC  

In France we have 35 max work hours per week!

2017-05-30 02:13:29 UTC  

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2017-05-30 02:13:30 UTC  

Comrade Ziel, Macron will be the future!

2017-05-30 02:13:47 UTC  

He will fight against hard-lining austerity measures in Southern Europe!

2017-05-30 02:13:57 UTC  

He will propose a common budget for the EU!