Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "“Dems Are More Dangerous Than Republicans u0026 Here’s Why!” – Matt Taibbi" video.

  1. I think Taibbi is awful here. His very best reporting, on Wall Street, was brilliant and scientifically based, of course without being scientism. His current mystification is disappointing.
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  2. No, he's seeking money now, first and foremost. Truth comes second. (Speaking of the Greeks, see Plato on the Sophists.) That mystical stuff should alert you. He's not a spiritual leader, he's a journalist.
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  3. They left it by 1990 and started shifting even sooner. Foucault's last writings and seminars were on Socrates as Truthteller.
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  4.  @viperrecords3288  I'm reacting to his own words. A smear is, by definition, a falsehood.
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  5.  @viperrecords3288  I don't care, bro. Just watch your wallet.
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  6. Yeah, but before you get to Sophocles, be sure to read up on the Sophists. The Socratic dialogues, especially Gorgias, will give you a chill.
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  7. 💯 ❤❤❤ THIS!
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  8. He knows what he has to do, to secure his kids' future. This is what every affluent person is doing, if they can. They are not talking to tell the truth anymore. They are talking to get paid.
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  9. No, he definitely looked at his three children's college savings and their trust funds.
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  10. I find him to be the opposite. He is also doing what he denounces, whereas he never did before. He really was independent. His work on Wall Street, back in the day, was absolutely outstanding. This is less so. (But he's getting more money, somehow.)
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  11.  @michaelmcclure3383  No. This has nothing at all to do with Aristotlian virtue ethics. Woke has become a manifestation of sophistry: since truth is either nonexistent or unattainable, concentrate on winning, and making money, finding allies, and doing whatever else is needed to get ahead in society. That's what the Sophists believed, and said straight up.
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  12. I think that all we see now are cults.
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  13. EXACTLY
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  14. @thomasespositio3139  I agree with what you said about Congress. Obviously true. My point still stands.
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  15. And what does that have to do with the economy, Wall Street, the tech giants, Ukraine, or Gaza?
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  16. @janetjacks3406  Yes, and I mistrust him on that. Whenever people start to do what they do not for love, but for money, they bring up spirituality. You haven't noticed?
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  17.  @janetjacks3406  Read my last sentence again, and heed it. It applies across the board. Of course, in this instance I meant Taibbi. You could say the same about Oprah, for example. Or a ton of televangelists, dating from last century to the present. Just watch your wallet.
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  18.  @janetjacks3406  Lucky you. I mean it! Me = 😢
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  19. @viperrecords3288  Yes, a plausible case of impending genocide according to the ICJ (with the US judge who examined the evidence concurring in that assessment), and our money paying for it, is kind of important. Or are we so jaded we don't care? Will the next Hitler narrative ("Saddam is Hilter, Assad is Hitler, Gaddafi is Hitler," etc.) get you going again? Because we have got to Stop Hitler. Or is Hitler a "purity test?"
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  20.  @viperrecords3288  "Deal-breaker," as if this were some kind of a joke, or fluff stuff, . . . Or your assessment of a first date.
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  21.  @viperrecords3288  Pink highlights, not a deal-breaker. Blue hair all over, deal-breaker. $115k, not a deal-breaker. Under $75k, deal-breaker.
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  22.  @viperrecords3288  "Be quiet," deal-breaker 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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  23. @viperrecords3288  Nobody was "watching" you. You were not invited on this show. 😂😂😂
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  24.  @viperrecords3288  Thank you for this opportunity to block you. Excellent.
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  25.  @viperrecords3288  I didn't know you'd be so hurt about not being invited on Jimmy Dore. Sheesh. I'm sorry!
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  26. Oh good grief.
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  27. Undocumented immigrants are getting housing and health care now. Citizens and permanent residents? Not so much.
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