Marx was an accomplished and brilliant economist and just because someone says they're doing something for religious reasons doesn't mean they are.
Even human sacrifice for instance which in the Mediterranean areas for instance was done in times of crop failure and served a material purpose of reducing the burden on food reserves. There's almost always a secular reason for horrifying acts if you look for it
I was thinking critically for instance I noticed that your statement was wildly generic and had little to no basis in reality beyond an ideological opposition to religion although to be honest the Marx thing just sounds contrarian
Had me going in the first half, not going to lie.
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what is your framework for understanding the world?
what do you mean
How do you analyze and understand the way the world operates, what drives conflict, what causes change?
depends. I try to avoid religious beliefs and other bad ways of knowing
I'm more interested in how a 15-year-old Redditor from 2010 got transported to 2021
I can’t wait for the anti-critical-thinking fad on the left to die out
What is critical thinking to you?
considering the ways that an inference could be wrong, rejecting invalid ways of knowing
Well those are things you don't believe. I'm asking what you do believe. What, for example, is a good way of knowing?
observation, critical thinking
"Critical thinking" is not a framework. It needs rules, guidelines, to mean anything. Maybe a question will help:
What motivates and maintains capitalism as a system? What is an effective method of resistance?
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There are decades worth of books written on this topic and you have clearly read none of them.
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Perhaps you should? I mean you claim to be all for critical thinking but refuse to engage with the literature you claim to refute.
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At least you admit you're full of shit and not even trying to engage in good faith. Enjoy your inevitable ban.
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try to be honest and engage in good faith. when you make things up, it means you aren’t able to participate in a discussion
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lol
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[fart noise]
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I wish I could help make you be smart
correct
:horsepoo-theory:
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:trans-uno:
if leftists didn’t have these brainworms we would have communism millenia ago. please try to be rational :-(
:marx-hi:
:debate-me-debate-me: :bugs-no:
in all seriousness why not
because then we'd have to hang out with dorks like you
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Compelling, but have you considered this ?
I wish I could help you
Marx was an accomplished and brilliant economist and just because someone says they're doing something for religious reasons doesn't mean they are.
Even human sacrifice for instance which in the Mediterranean areas for instance was done in times of crop failure and served a material purpose of reducing the burden on food reserves. There's almost always a secular reason for horrifying acts if you look for it
I’m begging you
You're begging me to do what
think critically instead
I was thinking critically for instance I noticed that your statement was wildly generic and had little to no basis in reality beyond an ideological opposition to religion although to be honest the Marx thing just sounds contrarian
no you’re not
A brilliant rebuttal might I suggest a career in pantomime
I wish I could help
Was that meant for someone else? Cause it's just a non-sequitur
It’s meant for you. I wish I could help you to be able to think critically. Maybe this is all just a fad and it will pass, I hope so.
By think critically do you mean blindly agree with everything you say.
no, I mean think critically and arrive at agreeing with what I say
Ha, good bit, you almost sound like my da