I think your point on institutions is spot on. When I was a young man, I fancied myself as a man of Maxim. I have notebooks filled with saying that I’ve either read or come up with myself. Things like “aim small miss small” (not mine), “ugly finds ugly” (maybe mine) and “institutions defend themselves” (pretty sure that’s mine).
As you get into Kierkegaard, I hope you notice he is an advocate for the individual. Institutions are the enemy of the individual. That doesn’t mean they are useless, but when push comes to shove, they will defend themselves at all costs. As an individual, you must avoid becoming an institution or too closely, associating yourself with one that is willing to kill you
This past week, I was excited to see Jordan Peterson back on Joe Rogan. It’s been a while, and I wanted to see whether I had any respect left for him. Some, but waning. About 40 minutes into the episode he asked Joe “now that you’ve received this degree of notoriety, how do you choose your guests” (para). Basically it was a less confrontational way to say what Douglas Murray was saying, which is “Joe you have an institutional responsibility to not platform people I disagree with.” Rogan should have answered “Fuck you. I interview whoever I want, whenever I want.” Joe Rogan being who he is, of course he can answer however he wants, but that was what I was thinking while Peterson was asking the question.
I ordered the books you recommended. Even the essential.
Oh man, no he didn't, I'm about to watch that now, what happened to the fearless protest of "enforced speech?" What the fuck happened to these people? Are they being blackmailed? Or was there just a tyrants soul when you peel back the layers. What is happening here? They are now doing what corporate media does! All the people from the same group parroting the same phrases or different phrases but with the same authoritarian meaning?!
These are the people who have become institutionalized, and not that they've been in prison and now cannot live on the outside, they grew up being protected by these institutions and now that they've crumbled they are losing their minds, they cannot live without them, they don't see, the people are now the institutions.
All the things we relied on these people for we can now do ourselves. All the things they provided and misrepresented we can get ourselves, and can now see the truth with our own ears, we can research and read with our own minds and the tools we have available to us, and we might get some things wrong from time to time but it's all in pursuit of the truth, not in pursuit of misrepresenting the truth.
Probably should've expected that from Jordan, his daughter was just calling for more censorship of the internet a couple months ago.
All the people that stood up for that guy against people who called him a hatemonger, "he just hates trans people" now that it's obvious he doesn't care about free speech, it gives those voices credibility. They very well, might be right.
Douglas Murray gives the most brilliant accusation of Hamas, defense of Israel and utter condemnation of the protests that inconceivably began in Times Square on Oct 7th, at 1 hour 30 mins in. BRILLIANT! Would it be a red pill if his explanation were shoved down everyone's throat? Pick another color.
That's the same thing as saying if George Bush was a villain then Osama Bin Laden was a hero, the truth is it's not that clear cut. Osama Bin Laden was the enemy but was the torture camps carried out by his administration not villainous? I think it was. Hitler was the enemy but was the firebombing of innocent people in Dresden or the mass rape of German woman after the fall of the nazi party NOT villainous? I think it was. There always excesses of villainy in every conflict, but it's always clear where the most is coming from and right now that is Israel.
I think your point on institutions is spot on. When I was a young man, I fancied myself as a man of Maxim. I have notebooks filled with saying that I’ve either read or come up with myself. Things like “aim small miss small” (not mine), “ugly finds ugly” (maybe mine) and “institutions defend themselves” (pretty sure that’s mine).
As you get into Kierkegaard, I hope you notice he is an advocate for the individual. Institutions are the enemy of the individual. That doesn’t mean they are useless, but when push comes to shove, they will defend themselves at all costs. As an individual, you must avoid becoming an institution or too closely, associating yourself with one that is willing to kill you
This past week, I was excited to see Jordan Peterson back on Joe Rogan. It’s been a while, and I wanted to see whether I had any respect left for him. Some, but waning. About 40 minutes into the episode he asked Joe “now that you’ve received this degree of notoriety, how do you choose your guests” (para). Basically it was a less confrontational way to say what Douglas Murray was saying, which is “Joe you have an institutional responsibility to not platform people I disagree with.” Rogan should have answered “Fuck you. I interview whoever I want, whenever I want.” Joe Rogan being who he is, of course he can answer however he wants, but that was what I was thinking while Peterson was asking the question.
Oh I can't wait to get into kierkegaard.
I ordered the books you recommended. Even the essential.
Oh man, no he didn't, I'm about to watch that now, what happened to the fearless protest of "enforced speech?" What the fuck happened to these people? Are they being blackmailed? Or was there just a tyrants soul when you peel back the layers. What is happening here? They are now doing what corporate media does! All the people from the same group parroting the same phrases or different phrases but with the same authoritarian meaning?!
These are the people who have become institutionalized, and not that they've been in prison and now cannot live on the outside, they grew up being protected by these institutions and now that they've crumbled they are losing their minds, they cannot live without them, they don't see, the people are now the institutions.
All the things we relied on these people for we can now do ourselves. All the things they provided and misrepresented we can get ourselves, and can now see the truth with our own ears, we can research and read with our own minds and the tools we have available to us, and we might get some things wrong from time to time but it's all in pursuit of the truth, not in pursuit of misrepresenting the truth.
Probably should've expected that from Jordan, his daughter was just calling for more censorship of the internet a couple months ago.
https://substack.com/@magane/note/c-111272748?r=1dorjw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Another Substacker had the same thought re: Peterson
They are so right.
https://substack.com/@thefreedommanifesto/note/c-111693121
All the people that stood up for that guy against people who called him a hatemonger, "he just hates trans people" now that it's obvious he doesn't care about free speech, it gives those voices credibility. They very well, might be right.
Douglas Murray gives the most brilliant accusation of Hamas, defense of Israel and utter condemnation of the protests that inconceivably began in Times Square on Oct 7th, at 1 hour 30 mins in. BRILLIANT! Would it be a red pill if his explanation were shoved down everyone's throat? Pick another color.
If Churchill was the villain, Hitler was the hero. And that is EXACTLY where this Palestinian protest movement from Hell is taking the country
That's the same thing as saying if George Bush was a villain then Osama Bin Laden was a hero, the truth is it's not that clear cut. Osama Bin Laden was the enemy but was the torture camps carried out by his administration not villainous? I think it was. Hitler was the enemy but was the firebombing of innocent people in Dresden or the mass rape of German woman after the fall of the nazi party NOT villainous? I think it was. There always excesses of villainy in every conflict, but it's always clear where the most is coming from and right now that is Israel.