Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Jordan B Peterson"
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@motoxray
There is no such thing as a Nirvana. Not in this universe, anyway. Nothing is perfect and every system is due to failure as it inevitably leads to stagnation, tyranny and failure. This idea that capitalism is harmful to the average person just isn't true. Every TRUE capitalist state that is based on the rule of law has the most affluent citizens on the planet. The US, Canada, western Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand.....these are the countries that the people of 3rd world, and even developing countries, aspire to migrate to. There has NEVER been a more affluent average citizen in the history of the humanity, than those who live in those Capitalist countries. NEVER.
These are the countries that practise a capitalist economy and have strong social programs. That doesn't make them socialist. Social programs are the result of a strong economy and the revenue gathered through tax programs pay for health, education, the military and police protection, transportation and safety nets for the more vulnerable of the citizens. It is an expense of human survival and the more wealth that a nation accrues as a whole, the better the social programs. It's why I, as a retired person and living below the poverty line, as set for my Capitalist country, has still been able to travel to the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the Netherlands and am planning a trip to Costa Rica in a couple of months over the last 2 years and still have more money in the bank than I did 2 years ago. All the countries that I've mentioned all have economies that are overwhelmingly driven through market forces and the private sector. It's why these countries are the primary destinations for migrants and asylum seekers.
Hardly any other country has huge issues with people trying to enter legally and illegally...especially 3rd world countries. All of their governments are corrupt and led by tyrannical leaders who keep power by enforcement of the military. The people there live a dystopian life, deep in REAL poverty, where the basics of life, food, clean water and shelter are basic struggle to find every day. That isn't capitalism.
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@evansmith2766
What it does is allow the person, that has personal problems, a way to avoid confronting them. It directs the solution away from solving their own addictions, depressions and doubts and foisting them onto something that is WAY beyond their control. This can only exacerbate the issues that are actually troubling them. Viktor Frankl didn't survive the Nazi camps by pursuing systemic change. Given his situation, that would have been an impossible endeavour. He did it by pursuing change within himself. Shame can be a big part of that. There is shame in being an addict, homeless and locked in a static state of oppression. There's no escaping it. I know that for a fact. As long as the world was in a hopeless state, in my mind, I was in a hopeless state and I was ashamed of who I was and what I was doing. I had to look inside, find what was worthwhile and coddle it back into something that I could use. Incredibly, it made things better and strangely enough, the world got better as well. At least it made it better to deal with in a more pragmatic and personal level. That made things so much better for those around me.
You don't fix the system. You fix yourself and the system changes when enough of us manage to fix ourselves.
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@marvin60000
Always assume that they person that you talk to knows something that you don't. That includes everyone. Also, assume that everyone can be wrong at any given moment on any given subject. THAT includes everyone. You learn, not just from someone's or your own successes. You learn, as much or more, from the mistakes that you and others make over a lifetime. If you'll only take advice from those who've never erred in their entire life, you'll not take advice from anyone because that person does NOT exist.....anywhere. You've just dismissed the entire human race.
Another thing that Peterson has taught you is that the smartest of people, like Peterson (you've said that he was) can screw up, then anyone can and will screw up. Also, you now know, from Peterson's experience, which he's been quite open about, that if a doctor ever prescribes that drug for you, DO NOT TAKE IT. That would be Peterson's advice and I know that you'd take that piece of advice, gladly. So, in a way, you've contradicted yourself.
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@marklambert7515
A lot of child sexual abuse victims go on to become sexually perverse themselves. The same goes for their abusers. It's a cycle. If they do break the law, charge, convict and send them to prison and then try to get them help for their issues. It's not against the law to hang out with women. It is against the law to abuse them.
Feldman, through his own abuse and drug addictions, initiated by his abuser, could well become the monster that was created and what he claims that he wants to destroy. If so, stop him but we need evidence for it.
However, if you don't acknowledge that someone, like Feldman, was created NOT born, we'll never get to the root of the problem. We've allowed this sick culture to firmly embed itself in Hollywood culture and now we're saying that we didn't know.
We knew. Brian Peck, director and producer, was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor, when he was at Nickelodeon. He went to jail and when he got out, he was hired by Disney to produce children's films.
This is insane. To me, that's reason enough to boycott Disney into bankruptcy.
But.....we don't. We turn a blind eye and then sit, with moral superiority, pretending that "we didn't KNOW". BS.
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