Comments by "Mark Pawelek" (@mark4asp) on "Why Jordan Peterson is Wrong About Ideology" video.
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These critics of JP definitely seem to be motivated by ressentiment of JP's book sales and video views!!
Their video is a hopeless authoritarian, statist, collectivist, and anti-capitalist diatribe against Jordan Peterson. I'd have thought by now that the disaster of the Chinese Communist Party destroying freedom in China with COVID lockdowns would've warned you off this stale, dogmatic, anti-freedom socialism.
You are ALSO wrong on 'ideology'. You apply it to ALL ideas. That's wrong. All ideas are NOT ideologies; Were they, then everything is ideology and the word becomes a mere floating signifier; or synonym for 'ideas'. After all, aren't all ideas wrong in some detail?
Instead, let's look at it as Marx did. he wrote of "capitalist ideology" he implied it was a false ideology; false because it benefited the capitalist but not the worker. Not saying he was right; but Marx clearly believed he had truth on his side; and that there were false ideas (or sets of ideas = ideologies) which needed exposing.
Can a bunch of pomo critical theorists entertain such a Marxian concept of ideology? I doubt you can. If you dare try you must first ditch your anti-humanism, and pomo epistemic fragility.
BTW: "Climate crisis" is a good example of a one size fits all gibberish non-solution being straight-jacketed onto subjects it doesn't fit. An ideology driven by billionaires with a distinctly anti-human agenda. A far bigger evil than Jordan Peterson; who, to the best of my knowledge, has harmed NO ONE. "Climate crisis" / climate change / global warming is an ideology backed by some of the richest people on earth. Potentially very harmful to humanity.
Q: Any chance our radical lefties will stick their necks out and take on a real evil?
A: No. I already know you will stay in your lane like useful idiots do.
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