Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "I'm Afraid Liberal Values Can't Defeat This Threat | Eric Weinstein" video.

  1. Liberalism like democracy is inherently weak which in a society of friends is a feature but elsewhere a severe bug. As it is natural for Bolsheviks to dominate Communist systems (because genocide of anyone not Communist is a practical necessity to eliminate capitalism and genocide requires killers) it is natural for fanatics to dominate liberal discourse. They unlike weaklings have will to power and do not shy from pandering by affirmation to gain adherents or purging the less motivated. The masses can only be understood by admitting their vulns but that's considered disrespectful. Hamas, Hez etc are as natural a fit for the liberal Left as Che-style killers were in the 1960s. They benefit from (often valid) anti-colonial narratives. The masses are not sophisticated people and educated liberals make a grave mistake identifying with the mob. (That same mistake broke the GOP turning it into the hilarious mess we see today.) The idiot beastmob (any ideology which fails to admit it is that is delusional) require engagement on THEIR terms. Liberalism prefers purity spirals. Long ago the "classic" Buckley-style conservatives imagined they could rule their simple base forever. Liberals have a similar challenge and are losing theirs too. As for Israel marketing only goes so far. Anyone not Israeli or bound to them by Christianity has no coldly pragmatic reason to care what happens to it. Let that sink in and remember not to confuse one's own beliefs with the world at large. The transactional relationship of American Jews with the old civil rights movement (the few true believers should not confuse themselves with anyone else) succeeded for decades but POC always understood it to be transactional. The bright young sabra narrative of 1967 doesn't work in 2023 so Israel faces permanent enemies who now have an (imported, thanks to liberal values which are a suicide pact) base inside the USA. Liberals opened the gates to the most savagely patriarchal anti-liberal superstition because their ideology excludes realism. It's a cloud cuckoo fantasy land unsuited to dealing with real people. This cannot change because the masses cannot change and do not care for the lofty debates of theorists. Only acceleration offers the possibility of change and because politics is war that will get messy. Harmlessness defends nothing.
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