Yes, he got my ass by acknowledging it in the final tweet, "hmm curious that this is liberal and reductive, almost like I meant it that way"
I like his videos, but his Twitter takes, not so much. Is this a me problem?
Yes, he got my ass by acknowledging it in the final tweet, "hmm curious that this is liberal and reductive, almost like I meant it that way"
I like his videos, but his Twitter takes, not so much. Is this a me problem?
Aside from the blatantly stupid shit, e.g. silly things (what the fuck does that one mean?), the biggest issue I have is the lib tendency to frame everything like it's going into a suggestion box. Instead of "[X] is a human right" it's always some shit like "it would be great if we could have [X], but we live in the real world so we can't be overly idealistic and have to compromise."
Many Marxists would argue that the "human rights" framing is an idealistic artifact of liberal philosophy, and explaining things in terms of results rather than deontological rules is more productive.
The more important critique to that and his post is that explaining things just in terms of end goals and not immediate action to move in a better direction is a waste of time.
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And then we get nothing anyway. Arguing that your idea which will never be implemented is more realistic than someone else's idea that will never be implemented is among the least productive ways you can use your time on Twitter, and that is saying something.