Comments by "Shorewall" (@shorewall) on "Another 7 Taboo Questions About History and Society" video.

Going along with that, I wonder if there are forces that we currently cannot or do not measure, that equate with some kinds of spiritualism. Maybe there are things that evade our attempts to quantify, and yet can be felt on some level.
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He meant Greek mystics in the Anatolian Peninsula. The Greek philosophers taught that the earth revolved around the sun, something akin to atom theory, and other such things, that they kinda sussed out using math, without having any way to actually see these things.
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@theJellyjoker For real, I find myself using the Socratic method a lot with ideologues. Just asking questions until their ideology unravels. I think the common sense view of this channel, that the real world is complicated and cannot be explained by a tight, internally consistent ideology, is true. The most idealistic are pretty scary sometimes. And I would know. My great journey of life was to learn to not judge people so harshly and give people the benefit of the doubt. And I'm still on that journey.
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I think we are coming to the end of Technocracy, because we are starting to see the limits of Sciencism. I think the next paradigm will have a greater emphasis on Common Sense.
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I think dreams and stuff like that embody the unreal. I think we can create or see strange things, whether or not they exist or are caused by natural forces. People tripping out and seeing weird things is literal, even if it's not real. Sleep Paralysis experiences are real, even if they are not literally a demon freezing my body so that I cannot move (which is what it felt like :D). Not everything is an analogy or metaphor, although a lot probably is. :D
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I studied Sociology in College, and they taught that Religion was a pillar of Societies anywhere, in order to answer the unanswerable questions. And that as Science discovered more of the world, Religion was still necessary, because there will always be unanswered questions. I think our modern world is finding the limits of Science (which were always there and true scientists would admit), which is killing the religion of Sciencism and the Technocracy that has risen up around it.
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I mean, imagine something like Sleep Paralysis. Without knowing what it is, it's terrifying, and even knowing what it is, it still stumps me. :D I've never been so scared. :D
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Not just that, but immigration deflating wages is good for the elites, and the Elites will pay for an economist to support their wage deflationary tactics. That's why you shouldn't automatically trust an expert. Experts gotta eat too, and they can be bought.
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I would compare it to the Tower of Babel. When God changed everyone's languages, they couldn't work together. Diversity doesn't just mean skin color. We need to agree on things like murder and rape. We can't have diversity on that for a functional society. We need to agree that we should work together in society, we can't have diversity on that. Look at the US, which takes in immigrants, and allows them to assimilate. Mexicans don't become Anglo, but they do become Americanized. If they didn't, then there would be a subversive pocket in the US, which wouldn't strengthen the country. When Hispanics, or Europeans, or East Asians, come to the US and feel enfranchised and able to be successful, then they contribute and assimilate. But if they couldn't, or if they didn't want to learn English, they would not assimilate and would not succeed. Diversity drives innovation, but also causes war and conflict. The Mediterranean was a hotbed of diversity, with the Byzantine Romans, the Italians, the French, the Austrians, the Spanish, the Arabs, and the Turks, Christians and Muslims and Mongols, and so many different types that technology and innovation flourished. But it was through war and conflict. Same with the Nations of Europe developing through war with each other. Diversity can lead to growth, but it is often through war and survival of the fittest. The losers get killed. That's why the modern idea of diversity is kinda wrong. We can't all be right. If people don't want to change, then how do you have a unified state or organization? A nation that is divided will fall, a nation that is united will stand. They will work together better and conquer their divided neighbors, and we've seen that time and time again.
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