There's a lot of criticism of how legit Milgram's experiment was, same with the "Standford Prison Experiment" that demonstrated similar things and is often similarly brought up at times like this. Here's an interesting one.
Symbolism is another means of communication. It is good for politicians to communicate.
We have concrete results from Trump.
It would not be easier to understand. I took his gesture as "here is an objective standard I appeal to, regardless of myself". It is a stronger gesture that way, for everybody, not just 'insiders' ("good" Christians). Western culture owes a lot to the Bible.
He could've stood in front of a mosque or temple, without a bible, and appealed to commonalities in monotheism in both, or particularly to the Jews as elders in the faith etc. That wouldn't have been a stunt. But that would've been much more subtle messaging, without the benefit of gestures there that would translate through imagery. There'd be no symbolism to cut through the noise on the street and in the imagery, which is what the Bible did in front of the church (anyway, imagine doing that in front of a mosque or temple).
Humility and discretion are not the same thing. I do not care that he promotes himself. I suppose that's how he makes lots of money (it is not evil). But he appears to know himself pretty well, which is humility.
Didn't intend pedantry.
It's nothing like calling Trump a fascist. We're not living in a dictatorship and opposition is not suppressed.
We are living in a woke-infused culture. And that wokeness has infused even the most technical companies with cult-like measures. There are the various substance-less trainings; there is the acceptable patter and language. Deviations from this can have serious monetary consequences.
Nonetheless, probably there is hyperbole in calling wokeness a cult
There's a lot of criticism of how legit Milgram's experiment was, same with the "Standford Prison Experiment" that demonstrated similar things and is often similarly brought up at times like this. Here's an interesting one.
We all know George Floyd was human trash, a drug addict and was dangerous to the community. Most of us (including the pious, virtue-signalling crowd) just hope people like Floyd die quickly, far away and out of sight. The cop probably knew his history. But, it is a terrible assault on liberty in general if the cop gets to play Judge Dredd and summarily execute him.
As Yuri Bezmenov said, our support of liberty in this country opens us up to subversion. But, without our liberties, we are not much better than the Marxists. We can counter subversion by strongly supporting nationalism.
No matter how careful or submissive you are, you will be in danger. You will be censored. Your character will be assassinated. You will be threatened. You will be harrassed. You will be called a racist. Get used to it.
Fair point. He was occasionally more than an economist (I should have said primarily an economist); he was the European correspondent for the New York Herald for many years and, especially as a younger scholar, he dabbled in history. Elements of his writing today would be considered social theory, but, by the standards of his day, everything he wrote regarding the masses or class struggle fit more or less comfortably under the heading of political economy (what they called economics back then), even though Marx was the first one to actually discuss those two issues.
However, I disagree completely that "just an economist" cannot have such a massive influence. The influence of Friedrich Hayek (he's both Milton and Thomas Friedmans' main squeeze) on today's economic and social order far exceeds any of the lingering influence that Marx has, or ever had, for that matter.
I'd also query the idea that he's informed everything about the left today. He has far more critics on the left than right (Marx never wrote about Race, Privilege, Women, Intersectionality, Whiteness, etc. etc., which makes him, by default, as you've pointed out "part of the problem" and the root of all evil according to large swaths of the contemporary left), after all. You know how many times I heard radical feminists and others accuse Marx (and Hegel) of being sexist and racist in grad school? Never mind both of them were long dead before the suffrage movement even started--they need to be held accountable for the fact that they couldn't see the future and predict that gender and race would be important issues in 21st century academia, therefore they're both sexist pigs who we should write off entirely and not bother even reading.
In fact, nearly every left scholar since the Frankfurt School has made a career out of denouncing or dismissing Marx along these lines: Foucault, Derrida, Delueze, Hardt, Negri, etc. etc. etc ad nausem. This is partly due to the economic shifts that have moved the economy away from production and toward services in recent decades, and partly due to the "issues" outlined above.
This actually makes a lot of sense. I can see how revolution can be misinterpreted to mean 'burn it all down' in the wrong hands.
Again, fair point to you, good sir. And to the latter point, we agree completley!
You've totally lost me with how liberal egalitarianism is responsible for rioting and looting. In any case, I would disagree with this argument entirely. 20% unemployment is the cause of rioting and looting, full stop.
As far as police go, we managed to get along perfectly fine without them for 99.9% of human history. Is it because the bobbies were the first municipal police force in the world that you are so attached to them?
DUDE, I love this guy! Bald and Bankrupt is his YouTube channel. How this man speaks every language on the planet is mind blowing. By far your best export of the 22nd century.
Its entirely possible that your media is reporting things our media isn't, as frequently is the case. I'm curious to see what you're seeing that we're not.
I should have been more specific about the thuggery--I was referring to incidents like the 75 year old man they nearly killed in Buffalo, the college kids they tased and pulled out of the car for no reason at all in Atlanta, the kid who lost an eye to a 'non-leathal' round in Dallas (a few people got shot in the face with these. aiming for the head is strictly against policy with non-lethal rounds). Trust me, you don't want this type of thuggery from your police.
I find this hard to believe. They don't even carry guns. WTH are they spending all that money on?
It's good to see that not all hope is lost in Europe, specifically Hungary.
The riots are discussed 10:25
The first part of the video is about social media censorship. It's interesting how he ties the two together.
Turns out, he lifts. Not suprising, eh?
May I add that aside from the sci-fi aspects of that trilogy (which I found really odd and seemingly laced with LSD-like imagery), his portrayal of the state to which society and culture had devolved into newspeak and edgy political flavor of the month eerily prefigured the current state of affairs. Both in the UK as our Cousins across the Pond tell us, and in the Good Old U S of A. I found that aspect of the trilogy ridiculous and off putting when I first read them in the 70's too, thinking no way could this happen. But Lewis was prophetic in his vision of things to come.
During the key election year of 1992, we had the LA Riots which prompted a national conversation about race. Again, during the 2008 election, candidate Obama addressed the nation on race. Now, in another pivotal election year, riots have forced America to again talk about race.
As children of the 60s, we were indoctrinated with some of the teachings of MLK. One of those teachings embraced by many Americans was "colorblindness". It was a goal.
The other perspective at the time was that of James H Cone. Cone & MLK disagreed on key things, and Cone lost the battle at the time.
Today, the young people are indoctrinated with James H Cone's perspective. And THIS is has created a gap between our generations. How do we bridge this gap in order to move forward?
For your consideration, I present the great Dr Voddie Baucham about "Ethnic Gnosticism". At 50 minutes, it is an investment. In the least, watch the first 5 minutes, and then skip to 27 minutes and listen as long as you get something from it.
My family has watched this "sermon" twice. You do NOT need to be a Christian to benefit from Dr Bauchan's perspective:
Dr Voddie Baucham: Ethnic Gnosticism
This talk is for every person of every skin color.
If I were President Trump, instead of addressing the nation on "race", I would introduce Dr Baucham and step aside.
Friday Headline:"Conspiracy theories and racist memes: How a dozen Texas GOP county chairs caused turmoil within the party." A dozen Texas GOP chairs share racist or anti-Semitic posts | The Texas Tribune
One scratches one's head and wonders who, exactly, is making a race issue out of the George Floyd case? Of course, a sprinkling of anti-semitism is frequently a spice for the following kind of morsel: "Facebook posts by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller included an image of (Jewish billionaire) George Soros with the text “start the race war.”